1881 census occupation

Wool Sorter surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

70 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 123 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Milnes, with 5 people recorded as Wool Sorter.

Surnames most linked with Wool Sorter

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	Milnes	5	2,654
2	Arscott	4	600
3	Churchward	4	391
4	Illingworth	4	3,395
5	Jagger	4	2,370
6	Jowett	4	3,260
7	Willcocks	4	1,231
8	Beanland	3	613
9	Oldroyd	3	1,515
10	Ormondroyd	3	170
11	Petherbridge	3	343
12	Saturley	3	86
13	Waygood	3	241
14	Badland	2	117
15	Benford	2	402
16	Birkbeck	2	446
17	Branston	2	564
18	Breaks	2	192
19	Greedy	2	355
20	Ibbertson	2	100
21	Maddick	2	320
22	Maud	2	677
23	Mirfield	2	186
24	Palk	2	396
25	Pepler	2	296
26	Pyrah	2	539
27	Smerdon	2	465
28	Stancombe	2	216
29	Toothill	2	379
30	Tordoff	2	708
31	Wheater	2	377
32	Worthey	2	119
33	Abson	1	344
34	Arney	1	255
35	Austerfield	1	32
36	Bending	1	333
37	Braddick	1	279
38	Brearey	1	91
39	Browett	1	275
40	Bunclark	1	95
41	Camden	1	190
42	Carradice	1	97
43	Chaff	1	66
44	Clist	1	251
45	Davage	1	112
46	Dorsey	1	190
47	Elstub	1	85
48	Empsall	1	91
49	Giggal	1	86
50	Goswell	1	294
51	Habergham	1	58
52	Inger	1	156
53	Mackwell	1	100
54	Mccree	1	171
55	Needs	1	437
56	Nickles	1	157
57	Oakly	1	98
58	Ralf	1	111
59	Raworth	1	175
60	Roffey	1	743
61	Seage	1	74
62	Skewes	1	233
63	Stidston	1	62
64	Syms	1	473
65	Vanner	1	258
66	Watmuff	1	133
67	Wharfe	1	103
68	Woolaway	1	67
69	Woolsey	1	362
70	Wootten	1	708