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 Kellard, with 42 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
10101	Kellard	42	163
10102	Kelleway	42	176
10103	Kick	42	143
10104	Kindred	42	235
10105	Kipping	42	146
10106	Kipps	42	178
10107	Macleod	42	4,695
10108	Makey	42	201
10109	Manthorpe	42	170
10110	Mare	42	263
10111	Maskill	42	204
10112	Mcguiness	42	1,117
10113	Metters	42	195
10114	Moyce	42	160
10115	Mucklow	42	243
10116	Muggridge	42	173
10117	Mulroy	42	250
10118	Muston	42	282
10119	Mynard	42	155
10120	Neep	42	180
10121	Newborn	42	183
10122	Obee	42	207
10123	Orrin	42	166
10124	Pakes	42	151
10125	Pane	42	271
10126	Parminter	42	190
10127	Partner	42	231
10128	Peglar	42	246
10129	Peile	42	155
10130	Pettman	42	245
10131	Prophet	42	342
10132	Prytherch	42	246
10133	Quaife	42	218
10134	Rabbitt	42	195
10135	Radbourne	42	155
10136	Ridgard	42	166
10137	Rochell	42	187
10138	Rood	42	282
10139	Rudling	42	219
10140	Runnalls	42	196
10141	Ruskin	42	193
10142	Sainty	42	190
10143	Scale	42	181
10144	Scoffield	42	238
10145	Seamark	42	216
10146	Shelbourne	42	148
10147	Sherrard	42	184
10148	Shortridge	42	194
10149	Smy	42	231
10150	Spencely	42	155
10151	Spraggon	42	201
10152	Stait	42	225
10153	Stanaway	42	148
10154	Stancer	42	150
10155	Steere	42	238
10156	Stockings	42	166
10157	Stonestreet	42	213
10158	Sugars	42	160
10159	Tarver	42	226
10160	Thistleton	42	201
10161	Thresh	42	213
10162	Tibbett	42	188
10163	Tigwell	42	203
10164	Tilney	42	225
10165	Tilt	42	218
10166	Toyer	42	198
10167	Trevarthen	42	148
10168	Turrall	42	174
10169	Tustain	42	155
10170	Twiddy	42	227
10171	Vant	42	197
10172	Vesty	42	168
10173	Waldie	42	650
10174	Walkling	42	242
10175	Wallhead	42	226
10176	Welsford	42	282
10177	Westrop	42	198
10178	Whieldon	42	205
10179	Whistler	42	314
10180	Whitemore	42	180
10181	Whitington	42	219
10182	Wickstead	42	229
10183	Wilders	42	143
10184	Witcomb	42	251
10185	Woolacott	42	205
10186	Yabsley	42	217
10187	Youds	42	184
10188	Adley	41	230
10189	Adnams	41	166
10190	Albiston	41	249
10191	Allbutt	41	204
10192	Alldis	41	168
10193	Allett	41	185
10194	Allis	41	198
10195	Ansley	41	293
10196	Ashbury	41	187
10197	Ashenden	41	265
10198	Aslin	41	186
10199	Atfield	41	174
10200	Backhurst	41	144