1881 census occupation

Tin Miner surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

502 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 5,540 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Williams, with 292 people recorded as Tin Miner.

Surnames most linked with Tin Miner

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	Williams	292	214,615
2	Thomas	221	123,339
3	Richards	166	45,120
4	Johns	97	7,655
5	Martin	88	73,281
6	Moyle	87	1,435
7	Pearce	85	27,443
8	Curnow	78	1,031
9	Pascoe	73	3,369
10	Phillips	71	53,458
11	Uren	68	1,135
12	Rogers	60	38,745
13	Davey	58	12,184
14	Mitchell	58	60,795
15	Wills	56	8,934
16	Cock	54	3,300
17	Dunstan	54	1,694
18	Bennetts	52	1,110
19	Treloar	52	577
20	Andrew	51	9,483
21	Jenkin	51	2,365
22	Bawden	49	1,479
23	Eddy	49	1,788
24	Nicholls	49	15,623
25	Tonkin	42	1,445
26	Opie	41	805
27	Berryman	40	1,649
28	Stephens	40	16,575
29	Bray	38	9,999
30	Gilbert	35	16,992
31	Waters	34	12,022
32	Nicholas	33	5,834
33	Pryor	32	1,994
34	Gill	31	20,931
35	Jewell	31	3,139
36	Peters	31	10,486
37	Rodda	31	747
38	Goldsworthy	30	1,231
39	Jeffery	30	6,476
40	Reed	30	21,815
41	Rule	29	2,056
42	Symons	28	4,067
43	Trembath	28	529
44	Whitford	28	908
45	Bosanko	24	139
46	Kemp	24	16,605
47	Mill	24	1,813
48	Morcom	24	443
49	Oats	24	644
50	Osborne	24	14,203
51	Rickard	24	2,028
52	Toy	24	950
53	Tresidder	24	451
54	Woolcock	24	822
55	Pope	23	10,286
56	Champion	22	3,108
57	Paull	22	1,033
58	Spargo	22	552
59	Temby	22	173
60	Vincent	22	9,240
61	Michell	21	1,421
62	Angove	20	373
63	Nankervis	20	216
64	Wearne	20	373
65	Carpenter	19	10,221
66	Tregoning	19	359
67	Angwin	18	233
68	Bartle	18	1,763
69	Northey	18	714
70	Odgers	18	546
71	Vial	18	172
72	Blight	17	1,327
73	Knuckey	17	259
74	Sampson	17	5,087
75	Teague	17	1,689
76	Vivian	17	1,368
77	Carlyon	16	380
78	Cocking	16	1,447
79	Jose	16	542
80	Mathews	16	11,043
81	Polkinghorne	16	384
82	Prout	16	1,472
83	Webber	16	9,057
84	Beard	15	7,871
85	Caddy	15	858
86	Craze	15	347
87	Faull	15	208
88	Grenfell	15	499
89	Nancarrow	15	432
90	Oates	15	4,568
91	Penaluna	15	173
92	Polglase	15	242
93	Prisk	15	244
94	Semmens	15	377
95	Truran	15	230
96	Trythall	15	130
97	Barkle	14	79
98	Berriman	14	702
99	Cowling	14	2,629
100	Semmons	14	118