1881 census occupation

Wife surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

7,718 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 57,136 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 1,272 people recorded as Wife.

Surnames most linked with Wife

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	Jones	1,272	338,678
2	Smith	1,016	422,249
3	Williams	790	214,615
4	Davies	597	152,295
5	Evans	534	130,734
6	Thomas	511	123,339
7	Taylor	505	191,142
8	Roberts	432	112,276
9	Brown	428	197,359
10	Robinson	324	95,300
11	Wilson	305	137,750
12	Johnson	299	100,458
13	Edwards	286	83,319
14	Hall	252	88,053
15	Walker	250	100,304
16	Jackson	247	83,594
17	Thompson	245	89,587
18	White	241	96,053
19	Turner	239	83,267
20	Wood	237	95,380
21	Morris	228	66,607
22	Green	220	84,164
23	Wright	217	95,951
24	Baker	207	65,282
25	Clark	200	90,143
26	Davis	199	65,757
27	Cooper	197	72,708
28	Griffiths	192	48,955
29	Price	177	52,361
30	Ward	176	65,299
31	Moore	175	58,817
32	Phillips	174	53,458
33	Clarke	170	60,196
34	Martin	164	73,281
35	Owen	162	35,558
36	Wilkinson	156	45,653
37	Carter	149	50,099
38	Cook	147	59,467
39	Watson	146	69,539
40	Richards	144	45,120
41	King	142	65,115
42	Scott	142	76,018
43	Bell	140	56,099
44	Cox	140	44,382
45	Parker	137	56,883
46	Powell	137	37,321
47	Collins	131	42,829
48	Jenkins	131	35,237
49	Bailey	127	44,948
50	Bennett	125	49,110
51	Allen	124	56,290
52	Mason	123	40,247
53	Shaw	123	55,020
54	Marshall	120	50,203
55	Richardson	120	50,857
56	Young	119	64,312
57	Mitchell	111	60,795
58	Webb	111	40,508
59	Barker	110	39,196
60	Parry	109	22,775
61	Foster	108	40,056
62	Miller	107	53,567
63	Rees	107	26,024
64	Adams	106	43,950
65	Ellis	106	43,381
66	Fletcher	105	34,136
67	Rogers	105	38,745
68	Barnes	104	36,002
69	Dixon	102	32,795
70	Atkinson	101	29,154
71	Palmer	99	35,153
72	Brooks	98	29,205
73	Simpson	98	52,391
74	Fisher	97	34,989
75	Mills	97	38,788
76	Ford	94	29,131
77	Stevens	94	31,223
78	Pearson	93	34,754
79	Knight	92	36,756
80	Cole	89	27,185
81	Spencer	87	27,278
82	Chapman	85	42,456
83	Ball	83	24,730
84	Andrews	82	28,636
85	Bird	80	22,826
86	Booth	79	29,559
87	Dawson	79	32,910
88	Saunders	79	27,328
89	Wells	79	24,900
90	Russell	78	36,592
91	Pearce	77	27,443
92	Oliver	76	21,337
93	Butler	75	29,165
94	Newman	75	22,210
95	Williamson	74	26,852
96	Gibson	73	36,370
97	Graham	73	34,451
98	Parsons	73	22,657
99	Watkins	73	18,128
100	Burton	72	25,491