1881 census occupation

Worsted Weaver surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,425 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 17,004 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 616 people recorded as Worsted Weaver.

Surnames most linked with Worsted 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	Smith	616	422,249
2	Greenwood	291	23,239
3	Wilkinson	239	45,653
4	Robinson	235	95,300
5	Wood	202	95,380
6	Sutcliffe	183	11,839
7	Pickles	167	6,086
8	Mitchell	153	60,795
9	Walker	152	100,304
10	Wilson	151	137,750
11	Whitaker	144	8,462
12	Binns	143	4,965
13	Brook	135	11,590
14	Firth	131	9,950
15	Jowett	126	3,260
16	Sharp	125	24,950
17	Shaw	125	55,020
18	Wright	125	95,951
19	Briggs	109	16,242
20	Ackroyd	105	2,802
21	Jackson	102	83,594
22	Shackleton	100	3,381
23	Sugden	99	3,461
24	Rhodes	98	13,915
25	Simpson	98	52,391
26	Barker	95	39,196
27	Craven	95	5,769
28	Dawson	94	32,910
29	Thornton	94	15,067
30	Watson	94	69,539
31	Booth	92	29,559
32	Moore	92	58,817
33	Parker	90	56,883
34	Naylor	89	11,272
35	Atkinson	87	29,154
36	Sunderland	87	3,436
37	Woodhead	87	5,606
38	Feather	86	1,529
39	Scott	86	76,018
40	Priestley	85	5,074
41	Armitage	80	7,647
42	Barraclough	80	2,966
43	Midgley	79	4,013
44	Murgatroyd	79	2,257
45	Pollard	79	10,901
46	Gill	78	20,931
47	Pearson	77	34,754
48	Crabtree	76	6,037
49	Ellis	76	43,381
50	Spencer	72	27,278
51	Butterfield	70	3,984
52	Hanson	70	9,652
53	Ingham	70	7,443
54	Snowden	70	2,661
55	Sykes	70	14,399
56	Riley	69	23,673
57	Hainsworth	67	1,904
58	Waddington	65	4,864
59	Bentley	64	12,662
60	Crossley	64	8,227
61	Dyson	64	9,699
62	Robertshaw	64	2,449
63	Illingworth	63	3,395
64	Rushworth	63	2,480
65	Crowther	62	8,948
66	Jagger	61	2,370
67	Foster	59	40,056
68	Schofield	59	16,242
69	Bailey	58	44,948
70	Marshall	58	50,203
71	Fletcher	57	34,136
72	Bradley	56	24,034
73	Kaye	55	4,398
74	Kershaw	55	9,666
75	Hargreaves	53	12,498
76	Baldwin	52	12,774
77	Bottomley	52	4,974
78	Carter	52	50,099
79	Drake	52	8,707
80	Wade	52	11,824
81	Driver	50	5,553
82	Dobson	49	13,189
83	Berry	48	23,740
84	Clough	48	6,676
85	Edmondson	48	3,459
86	Ogden	48	8,483
87	Stead	48	6,126
88	Clayton	47	16,272
89	Shuttleworth	46	3,552
90	Webster	45	26,040
91	Barrett	44	20,042
92	Denby	44	1,248
93	Earnshaw	44	3,698
94	Garside	44	4,328
95	Myers	44	7,817
96	Stansfield	44	4,622
97	Tempest	44	1,390
98	Broadbent	43	6,399
99	Jennings	42	15,142
100	Bairstow	41	1,066