1881 census occupation

Weaver surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

350 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 1,300 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Ashworth, with 35 people recorded as Weaver.

Surnames most linked with Weaver

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	Ashworth	35	11,942
2	Butterworth	25	10,743
3	Clegg	22	10,197
4	Schofield	21	16,242
5	Broadbent	20	6,399
6	Kershaw	20	9,666
7	Sykes	20	14,399
8	Mellor	19	10,568
9	Thornton	19	15,067
10	Brook	17	11,590
11	Ainsworth	16	5,936
12	Hargreaves	16	12,498
13	Rhodes	16	13,915
14	Beaumont	15	8,876
15	Wild	15	12,250
16	Dyson	14	9,699
17	Eastwood	14	7,069
18	Armitage	13	7,647
19	Crowther	13	8,948
20	Firth	13	9,950
21	Norton	13	9,943
22	Ogden	13	8,483
23	Stott	13	9,356
24	Brierley	12	5,333
25	Grundy	12	6,133
26	Woodhead	12	5,606
27	Collinge	11	2,005
28	Duckworth	11	5,788
29	Crossley	10	8,227
30	Ingham	10	7,443
31	Fielding	9	6,661
32	Kaye	9	4,398
33	Nuttall	9	7,536
34	Stafford	9	6,372
35	Wrigley	9	3,789
36	Clough	8	6,676
37	Craven	8	5,769
38	Grimshaw	8	4,992
39	Mather	8	7,433
40	Walmsley	8	6,180
41	Wilcock	8	4,272
42	Bannister	7	5,172
43	Boothroyd	7	1,546
44	Cranshaw	7	548
45	Pennington	7	4,446
46	Stead	7	6,126
47	Whiteley	7	5,390
48	Ackroyd	6	2,802
49	Balmforth	6	1,134
50	Bancroft	6	2,901
51	Chippendale	6	646
52	Cunliffe	6	3,724
53	Fitton	6	3,373
54	Gregson	6	4,146
55	Grindrod	6	1,200
56	Jessop	6	3,551
57	Pickup	6	3,868
58	Pilling	6	3,614
59	Shackleton	6	3,381
60	Snape	6	2,758
61	Base	5	212
62	Beswick	5	2,922
63	Cordingley	5	1,039
64	Garside	5	4,328
65	Gaunt	5	2,944
66	Geldard	5	591
67	Halliwell	5	3,322
68	Mallinson	5	2,473
69	Maudsley	5	862
70	Nield	5	2,052
71	Nutter	5	2,278
72	Roebuck	5	2,028
73	Rostron	5	1,790
74	Sefton	5	988
75	Skirrow	5	408
76	Smalley	5	2,716
77	Tonge	5	1,919
78	Aspin	4	1,214
79	Blakey	4	2,410
80	Chatterton	4	1,698
81	Corcoran	4	1,437
82	Dalby	4	2,426
83	Dempsey	4	1,883
84	Dennison	4	2,314
85	Dransfield	4	1,059
86	Evins	4	141
87	Fogg	4	1,742
88	Forrester	4	4,035
89	Foulds	4	2,035
90	Gaskill	4	535
91	Grimley	4	638
92	Hampshire	4	1,696
93	Hanwell	4	415
94	Jardine	4	2,809
95	Kissack	4	98
96	Mace	4	2,614
97	Poulton	4	2,403
98	Raistrick	4	709
99	Rowbottom	4	1,792
100	Sandiford	4	801