1881 census occupation

Weaver Cotton surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

415 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 2,284 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Schofield, with 37 people recorded as Weaver Cotton.

Surnames most linked with Weaver Cotton

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	Schofield	37	16,242
2	Butterworth	32	10,743
3	Chadwick	31	13,091
4	Yates	31	20,593
5	Greenwood	30	23,239
6	Hargreaves	27	12,498
7	Whittaker	25	14,193
8	Ashworth	24	11,942
9	Kershaw	24	9,666
10	Greenhalgh	23	6,131
11	Buckley	22	16,269
12	Mellor	22	10,568
13	Wild	22	12,250
14	Nuttall	21	7,536
15	Brierley	19	5,333
16	Whittaker	19	14,193
17	Bradshaw	18	12,284
18	Grimshaw	18	4,992
19	Ogden	18	8,483
20	Bamford	17	4,516
21	Garside	17	4,328
22	Pilkington	17	5,370
23	Rothwell	17	5,489
24	Crabtree	16	6,037
25	Ormerod	16	2,401
26	Clegg	15	10,197
27	Dickinson	15	12,771
28	Eastwood	15	7,069
29	Hamer	15	5,605
30	Ratcliffe	15	8,266
31	Shuttleworth	15	3,552
32	Bridge	14	6,077
33	Butterworth	14	10,743
34	Crossley	14	8,227
35	Ingham	14	7,443
36	Pollard	14	10,901
37	Duckworth	13	5,788
38	Duckworth	12	5,788
39	Entwistle	12	5,210
40	Fitton	12	3,373
41	Kenyon	12	6,248
42	Platt	12	7,918
43	Bowker	11	2,924
44	Entwistle	11	5,210
45	Ramsbottom	11	2,034
46	Rostron	11	1,790
47	Stott	11	9,356
48	Walmsley	11	6,180
49	Whittle	11	6,516
50	Alston	10	1,969
51	Birtwistle	10	1,651
52	Catterall	10	1,890
53	Fielding	10	6,661
54	Gee	10	7,597
55	Hardman	10	6,003
56	Kitchen	10	5,115
57	Oldfield	10	4,940
58	Pickup	10	3,868
59	Sharples	10	5,244
60	Stansfield	10	4,622
61	Ainsworth	9	5,936
62	Bannister	9	5,172
63	Boardman	9	4,810
64	Clough	9	6,676
65	Clough	9	6,676
66	Crompton	9	5,035
67	Eastwood	9	7,069
68	Eccles	9	4,772
69	Oldfield	9	4,940
70	Pickles	9	6,086
71	Shackleton	9	3,381
72	Walmsley	9	6,180
73	Wignall	9	1,530
74	Bardsley	8	2,268
75	Bowker	8	2,924
76	Bury	8	2,237
77	Collinge	8	2,005
78	Crompton	8	5,035
79	Dearden	8	2,934
80	Duxbury	8	2,014
81	Duxbury	8	2,014
82	Greenhalgh	8	6,131
83	Metcalf	8	6,061
84	Oldham	8	5,288
85	Scholes	8	3,470
86	Singleton	8	5,897
87	Sunderland	8	3,436
88	Thornley	8	3,323
89	Woodhead	8	5,606
90	Wrigley	8	3,789
91	Atherton	7	5,404
92	Baron	7	3,096
93	Catterall	7	1,890
94	Cheetham	7	4,637
95	Dagger	7	459
96	Dearden	7	2,934
97	Dunkerley	7	1,039
98	Foulds	7	2,035
99	Garnett	7	3,722
100	Moorhouse	7	3,703