1881 census occupation

Tailor surnames in the 1881 census

This page lists surnames most often recorded with the occupation Tailor in 1881. Occupational titles are shown as recorded and transcribed, so similar jobs, variant spellings and mistakes can appear separately.

Occupation summary

6,369 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 50,452 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Spencer, with 67 people recorded as Tailor.

Surnames most linked with Tailor

These figures count people whose occupation was recorded under this exact title. A related job may appear under a separate spelling, so this is best read as a census snapshot rather than a cleaned modern job category.

#	Surname	People	1881 total
101	Spencer	67	27,278
102	Gray	66	42,727
103	Matthews	66	26,049
104	Pearce	66	27,443
105	Reynolds	66	25,883
106	Thornton	66	15,067
107	Burke	65	8,736
108	Stewart	65	46,990
109	Brooks	64	29,205
110	Elliott	64	25,315
111	Mason	64	40,247
112	Day	63	27,843
113	Newman	63	22,210
114	Webster	63	26,040
115	Cole	61	27,185
116	Curtis	61	16,949
117	Mills	61	38,788
118	Abrahams	60	2,249
119	George	60	17,545
120	Murray	60	37,222
121	Parsons	60	22,657
122	Russell	60	36,592
123	May	59	18,022
124	Harding	58	21,596
125	Rose	58	22,106
126	Berry	57	23,740
127	Ball	56	24,730
128	Carr	56	21,558
129	Goldstein	56	612
130	Moses	56	3,048
131	Newton	56	22,922
132	Williamson	56	26,852
133	Armstrong	55	22,891
134	Andrews	53	28,636
135	Walton	53	21,088
136	Bishop	52	20,827
137	Burton	52	25,491
138	Sutton	52	19,057
139	Moss	51	18,432
140	Barrett	50	20,042
141	West	50	28,778
142	Bates	49	19,015
143	Kirby	49	11,367
144	Wheeler	49	18,031
145	Booth	48	29,559
146	Goodman	48	8,716
147	Grant	48	29,695
148	Johnston	48	24,321
149	Marsh	48	21,309
150	Potter	48	19,384
151	Poole	47	14,382
152	Bowen	46	12,380
153	Bradley	46	24,034
154	Frost	46	16,800
155	Griffin	46	14,053
156	Shepherd	46	21,923
157	Stephens	46	16,575
158	Stone	46	21,581
159	Walters	46	14,268
160	Gill	45	20,931
161	Oliver	45	21,337
162	Tucker	45	16,480
163	Todd	44	15,284
164	Barnett	43	13,495
165	French	43	14,624
166	Nicholls	43	15,623
167	Pugh	43	11,458
168	Solomon	43	2,033
169	Barber	42	18,022
170	Connor	42	8,809
171	Dean	42	20,763
172	Harper	42	19,184
173	Robertson	42	50,348
174	Sharp	42	24,950
175	Alexander	41	15,837
176	Bird	41	22,826
177	Cooke	41	16,523
178	Gardner	41	20,306
179	Isaacs	41	2,571
180	Short	41	11,678
181	Warren	41	19,899
182	Abbott	40	13,211
183	Burgess	40	20,759
184	Hamilton	40	22,515
185	Nelson	40	14,407
186	Pritchard	40	16,096
187	Read	40	19,314
188	Reed	40	21,815
189	Sanderson	40	12,425
190	Vaughan	40	10,222
191	Woods	40	18,768
192	Barry	39	5,349
193	Myers	39	7,817
194	Wallace	39	20,491
195	Banks	38	15,330
196	Coates	38	11,178
197	Coleman	38	14,894
198	Davidson	38	25,224
199	Godfrey	38	8,858
200	Hammond	38	17,002