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 Harding, with 70 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
101	Harding	70	21,596
102	Berry	69	23,740
103	Bradley	69	24,034
104	Dunn	69	24,868
105	Marsh	69	21,309
106	Matthews	69	26,049
107	Reynolds	69	25,883
108	Tucker	69	16,480
109	Riley	68	23,673
110	Barrett	66	20,042
111	Fox	66	26,486
112	Watts	66	25,021
113	Page	65	23,921
114	Porter	65	22,471
115	Pritchard	64	16,096
116	Clayton	63	16,272
117	Freeman	63	19,062
118	Kelly	63	30,644
119	Stone	63	21,581
120	Walters	63	14,268
121	Griffith	62	9,759
122	Newton	62	22,922
123	Walton	62	21,088
124	West	62	28,778
125	Elliott	61	25,315
126	Payne	61	26,886
127	Cooke	60	16,523
128	Nicholson	60	21,253
129	Read	60	19,314
130	Shepherd	60	21,923
131	Burgess	59	20,759
132	Carr	59	21,558
133	Anderson	58	59,265
134	Day	58	27,843
135	Gray	58	42,727
136	Greenwood	58	23,239
137	Armstrong	57	22,891
138	Bates	57	19,015
139	Reed	57	21,815
140	Webster	57	26,040
141	Wheeler	57	18,031
142	Gardner	56	20,306
143	Miles	56	17,637
144	Murphy	56	23,790
145	Woods	56	18,768
146	Owens	55	14,922
147	Vaughan	55	10,222
148	John	54	10,815
149	Norman	54	13,722
150	Schofield	54	16,242
151	Johnston	53	24,321
152	Bishop	52	20,827
153	Dickinson	52	12,771
154	Gilbert	52	16,992
155	Sutton	52	19,057
156	Murray	51	37,222
157	Potter	51	19,384
158	Reeves	51	12,269
159	Sharp	51	24,950
160	Stephens	51	16,575
161	Arnold	50	16,054
162	Barber	50	18,022
163	Davey	50	12,184
164	Harper	50	19,184
165	Warren	50	19,899
166	Willis	50	15,886
167	Robson	49	19,747
168	Banks	47	15,330
169	Briggs	47	16,242
170	Burrows	47	13,086
171	Mann	47	15,786
172	Barlow	46	16,181
173	Buckley	46	16,269
174	Jennings	46	15,142
175	May	46	18,022
176	Rose	46	22,106
177	Todd	46	15,284
178	Chambers	45	16,996
179	Gill	45	20,931
180	Parkinson	45	14,360
181	Walsh	45	15,864
182	Woodward	45	14,736
183	Bowen	44	12,380
184	Hammond	44	17,002
185	Simmons	44	12,229
186	Whitehead	44	20,246
187	Ashton	43	14,675
188	Curtis	43	16,949
189	Smart	43	13,640
190	Yates	43	20,593
191	Austin	42	14,588
192	Dobson	42	13,189
193	Kay	42	12,865
194	Perkins	42	13,410
195	Pratt	42	17,181
196	Bond	41	15,814
197	Dean	41	20,763
198	Frost	41	16,800
199	Savage	41	11,457
200	Bryant	40	12,753