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 Tittle, with 38 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
10901	Tittle	38	165
10902	Toby	38	213
10903	Tough	38	1,159
10904	Traverse	38	169
10905	Trevithick	38	205
10906	Troman	38	182
10907	Tuer	38	138
10908	Tugwood	38	157
10909	Tumber	38	197
10910	Tunks	38	184
10911	Turberville	38	175
10912	Twort	38	192
10913	Upstone	38	181
10914	Wadsley	38	164
10915	Warboys	38	220
10916	Wardhaugh	38	208
10917	Watchman	38	171
10918	Waud	38	154
10919	Wheway	38	199
10920	Whicker	38	182
10921	Whiter	38	204
10922	Wickers	38	153
10923	Wilday	38	142
10924	Wildblood	38	223
10925	Wiliams	38	178
10926	Winsper	38	140
10927	Woolmore	38	129
10928	Woolton	38	143
10929	Wormall	38	187
10930	Wormwell	38	183
10931	Yale	38	209
10932	Youlden	38	186
10933	Acland	37	182
10934	Allden	37	184
10935	Arkley	37	316
10936	Arrand	37	145
10937	Artis	37	228
10938	Ashplant	37	148
10939	Ayris	37	150
10940	Backshall	37	229
10941	Badrick	37	181
10942	Baglin	37	165
10943	Bargery	37	160
10944	Beane	37	206
10945	Beason	37	155
10946	Beckford	37	153
10947	Beman	37	131
10948	Betsworth	37	141
10949	Bircher	37	191
10950	Bisley	37	152
10951	Blackburne	37	206
10952	Blagdon	37	156
10953	Blundy	37	227
10954	Blyde	37	139
10955	Bolshaw	37	178
10956	Bowd	37	158
10957	Boylett	37	202
10958	Brittin	37	151
10959	Broyd	37	229
10960	Brush	37	274
10961	Buckles	37	175
10962	Budgett	37	139
10963	Burningham	37	184
10964	Burwell	37	219
10965	Bysouth	37	147
10966	Cartridge	37	215
10967	Caws	37	230
10968	Chamber	37	219
10969	Chanter	37	236
10970	Cleveley	37	128
10971	Coldman	37	176
10972	Collick	37	160
10973	Collington	37	209
10974	Consterdine	37	213
10975	Corbitt	37	259
10976	Cosham	37	208
10977	Couldrey	37	165
10978	Coules	37	140
10979	Courtis	37	208
10980	Cowe	37	807
10981	Craigs	37	176
10982	Crates	37	178
10983	Crumplin	37	153
10984	Cuddy	37	246
10985	Cullin	37	215
10986	Curnick	37	146
10987	Cutt	37	307
10988	Damerell	37	176
10989	Dealey	37	177
10990	Deeble	37	216
10991	Denis	37	165
10992	Dimbleby	37	189
10993	Easby	37	242
10994	Edger	37	309
10995	Edgerley	37	156
10996	Elgey	37	144
10997	Ellender	37	195
10998	Ewings	37	196
10999	Fairy	37	175
11000	Fanthorpe	37	219