1881 census occupation

Tailoress surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

3,700 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 23,285 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 604 people recorded as Tailoress.

Surnames most linked with Tailoress

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
1	Smith	604	422,249
2	Brown	257	197,359
3	Taylor	253	191,142
4	Davis	163	65,757
5	White	158	96,053
6	Turner	139	83,267
7	Johnson	135	100,458
8	Green	133	84,164
9	King	130	65,115
10	Wright	129	95,951
11	Cohen	128	4,710
12	Baker	122	65,282
13	Martin	116	73,281
14	Clark	114	90,143
15	Thompson	114	89,587
16	Wilson	113	137,750
17	Wood	108	95,380
18	Edwards	105	83,319
19	Moore	104	58,817
20	Allen	101	56,290
21	Bennett	99	49,110
22	Cooper	98	72,708
23	Hall	96	88,053
24	Parker	95	56,883
25	Collins	92	42,829
26	Clarke	89	60,196
27	Ward	89	65,299
28	Cook	87	59,467
29	Kelly	87	30,644
30	Murphy	82	23,790
31	Phillips	81	53,458
32	Adams	77	43,950
33	Jacobs	77	7,152
34	Rogers	76	38,745
35	Scott	74	76,018
36	Cox	73	44,382
37	Ellis	72	43,381
38	Morris	71	66,607
39	Marshall	69	50,203
40	Carter	68	50,099
41	Cole	66	27,185
42	Richards	66	45,120
43	Bailey	63	44,948
44	Mason	62	40,247
45	Fisher	61	34,989
46	Mitchell	61	60,795
47	Chapman	59	42,456
48	Pearce	59	27,443
49	Miller	57	53,567
50	Stevens	57	31,223
51	Russell	55	36,592
52	Mills	54	38,788
53	Barnes	52	36,002
54	Abrahams	51	2,249
55	Anderson	51	59,265
56	Young	51	64,312
57	Spencer	50	27,278
58	Webb	50	40,508
59	Wilkinson	50	45,653
60	Newman	49	22,210
61	Powell	49	37,321
62	Watts	49	25,021
63	Ball	48	24,730
64	Bird	48	22,826
65	Marks	48	6,112
66	Ryan	48	9,176
67	Barker	47	39,196
68	Greenwood	47	23,239
69	Palmer	47	35,153
70	Fox	46	26,486
71	Knight	46	36,756
72	Pearson	46	34,754
73	Bryant	45	12,753
74	Butler	45	29,165
75	Simmons	45	12,229
76	Saunders	44	27,328
77	Stone	44	21,581
78	Andrews	43	28,636
79	Barnett	41	13,495
80	Day	41	27,843
81	Gray	41	42,727
82	West	41	28,778
83	Fletcher	40	34,136
84	May	40	18,022
85	Driscoll	39	3,305
86	Parsons	39	22,657
87	Brooks	38	29,205
88	Ford	38	29,131
89	Gibbs	38	14,676
90	Payne	38	26,886
91	Warren	38	19,899
92	Elliott	36	25,315
93	Frost	36	16,800
94	Marsh	36	21,309
95	Murray	36	37,222
96	Reynolds	36	25,883
97	Woods	36	18,768
98	Burton	35	25,491
99	Coleman	35	14,894
100	Barrett	34	20,042