1881 census occupation

Scholar surnames in the 1881 census

This page lists surnames most often recorded for children listed as Scholar in 1881. Scholar was the census term for a child in education, not a job in the modern sense.

Occupation summary

27,800 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,121,311 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Verrill, with 43 people recorded as Scholars.

Surnames most linked with Scholar

These figures mostly count children, so they should not be read as a list of adult trades. A high Scholar count usually points to surnames found in larger families or places with many school-age children in the 1881 census.

What Scholar means in the 1881 census

In the 1881 census, Scholar usually means a child who was attending school or receiving education. It was commonly written in the occupation column because the census still needed a way to describe children who were too young for paid work.

That makes this page different from pages for jobs such as Coal Miner, Dressmaker or Blacksmith. The table below is not showing families who worked as scholars. It is showing surnames most often attached to children recorded with that census description.

For genealogy work, Scholar is still useful. A large number can point to surnames with many school-age children in 1881, and it can help separate household structure from adult employment. To understand what adults in those families did for work, the other occupation pages are usually more informative.

#	Surname	People	1881 total
10001	Verrill	43	205
10002	Wadeson	43	262
10003	Walne	43	187
10004	Warley	43	200
10005	Waterer	43	187
10006	Welding	43	213
10007	Weyman	43	246
10008	Whitebread	43	214
10009	Whitefoot	43	200
10010	Wiggs	43	203
10011	Wilderspin	43	264
10012	Wittaker	43	240
10013	Wittingham	43	212
10014	Wittington	43	174
10015	Woodvine	43	182
10016	Woosnam	43	244
10017	Abnett	42	140
10018	Absolom	42	237
10019	Addington	42	273
10020	Aldersley	42	285
10021	Alloway	42	234
10022	Allwork	42	162
10023	Alsford	42	197
10024	Atherley	42	210
10025	Aubin	42	86
10026	Axworthy	42	208
10027	Baden	42	213
10028	Baggley	42	206
10029	Balme	42	215
10030	Bannon	42	317
10031	Bassford	42	183
10032	Batsford	42	234
10033	Batterbee	42	243
10034	Beardshaw	42	247
10035	Beckham	42	257
10036	Beevor	42	195
10037	Benjafield	42	157
10038	Boobyer	42	211
10039	Borlase	42	230
10040	Bossom	42	174
10041	Bradbeer	42	256
10042	Brandom	42	192
10043	Branthwaite	42	153
10044	Bromhead	42	223
10045	Brunsden	42	244
10046	Burd	42	288
10047	Cackett	42	242
10048	Cadby	42	200
10049	Cadogan	42	214
10050	Carrigan	42	578
10051	Challands	42	136
10052	Chipping	42	159
10053	Coast	42	174
10054	Codrington	42	197
10055	Conning	42	223
10056	Cornhill	42	232
10057	Crocombe	42	216
10058	Crowshaw	42	201
10059	Cruikshank	42	445
10060	Curtin	42	226
10061	Dalkin	42	191
10062	Danvers	42	182
10063	Dartnall	42	168
10064	Diss	42	237
10065	Dobbing	42	192
10066	Dockerill	42	229
10067	Dollery	42	212
10068	Dollimore	42	164
10069	Dowdell	42	241
10070	Drawbridge	42	196
10071	Durbridge	42	219
10072	Elcombe	42	149
10073	Elwin	42	232
10074	Embrey	42	205
10075	Enock	42	154
10076	Fanshawe	42	158
10077	Fantham	42	132
10078	Farrance	42	252
10079	Finbow	42	232
10080	Flintoft	42	140
10081	Flyn	42	368
10082	Fogden	42	252
10083	Foggin	42	224
10084	Frederick	42	277
10085	Freebury	42	165
10086	Frowen	42	133
10087	Gapp	42	204
10088	Garnet	42	313
10089	Gaydon	42	188
10090	Geall	42	145
10091	Giffard	42	209
10092	Glasgow	42	661
10093	Gloster	42	205
10094	Goodship	42	233
10095	Grassby	42	187
10096	Grattan	42	232
10097	Gwatkin	42	194
10098	Ingall	42	248
10099	Inge	42	242
10100	Joint	42	194