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 Farron, with 37 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
11001	Farron	37	220
11002	Feilding	37	190
11003	Forrister	37	142
11004	Foulsham	37	249
11005	Foxen	37	116
11006	Fromant	37	116
11007	Gagg	37	179
11008	Gallie	37	321
11009	Gamon	37	168
11010	Ganley	37	213
11011	Gethin	37	205
11012	Gilhespie	37	132
11013	Godbeer	37	159
11014	Godfray	37	32
11015	Gouch	37	141
11016	Goucher	37	175
11017	Guilbert	37	23
11018	Guile	37	221
11019	Gumbley	37	166
11020	Hadcroft	37	132
11021	Haldenby	37	163
11022	Haly	37	185
11023	Hansen	37	551
11024	Harbor	37	135
11025	Insull	37	155
11026	Ironside	37	1,033
11027	Jaggers	37	202
11028	Jaynes	37	195
11029	Johncock	37	263
11030	Kates	37	162
11031	Keir	37	1,499
11032	Kelso	37	692
11033	Kenway	37	200
11034	Kewell	37	141
11035	Kirke	37	214
11036	Mandy	37	169
11037	Mapley	37	172
11038	Margison	37	138
11039	Marrs	37	304
11040	Masey	37	221
11041	Mccoy	37	1,185
11042	Mclaren	37	7,798
11043	Mcmanus	37	2,621
11044	Medcraft	37	186
11045	Mellow	37	219
11046	Millbank	37	222
11047	Moncaster	37	130
11048	Mostyn	37	226
11049	Muse	37	182
11050	Nicholds	37	208
11051	Nicholes	37	254
11052	Nisbett	37	298
11053	Nutman	37	155
11054	Ockwell	37	202
11055	Oshea	37	400
11056	Pank	37	208
11057	Pattrick	37	224
11058	Peaty	37	179
11059	Peppercorn	37	146
11060	Petit	37	182
11061	Pharoah	37	182
11062	Philbin	37	201
11063	Physick	37	132
11064	Pidd	37	222
11065	Pinnick	37	203
11066	Podd	37	215
11067	Preen	37	314
11068	Probin	37	174
11069	Ribchester	37	140
11070	Rielly	37	433
11071	Rookes	37	194
11072	Royall	37	190
11073	Rylatt	37	182
11074	Sarsfield	37	134
11075	Sault	37	176
11076	Saunt	37	171
11077	Schwartz	37	154
11078	Sculthorpe	37	217
11079	Seares	37	111
11080	Seers	37	168
11081	Serle	37	251
11082	Shilson	37	147
11083	Sibthorpe	37	131
11084	Sidders	37	171
11085	Silverlock	37	167
11086	Simcoe	37	171
11087	Soffe	37	185
11088	Spacey	37	199
11089	Speedy	37	219
11090	Spurrell	37	268
11091	Stableford	37	173
11092	Stonehewer	37	172
11093	Stranger	37	207
11094	Stribley	37	137
11095	Stubberfield	37	263
11096	Tarran	37	155
11097	Tebbett	37	172
11098	Tedder	37	257
11099	Temby	37	173
11100	Thorton	37	219