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 Brothwood, with 34 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
11601	Brothwood	34	124
11602	Budding	34	175
11603	Buggins	34	226
11604	Burdock	34	236
11605	Burgen	34	150
11606	Burles	34	187
11607	Burnand	34	192
11608	Burtonwood	34	159
11609	Camburn	34	127
11610	Cammish	34	149
11611	Cart	34	177
11612	Cathcart	34	459
11613	Chalke	34	139
11614	Channer	34	141
11615	Clanfield	34	110
11616	Clipson	34	194
11617	Cockran	34	214
11618	Comerford	34	229
11619	Condliffe	34	157
11620	Cosser	34	202
11621	Costa	34	194
11622	Cowham	34	135
11623	Crate	34	192
11624	Curly	34	174
11625	Cusack	34	322
11626	Deary	34	246
11627	Deegan	34	201
11628	Derrington	34	149
11629	Dignam	34	172
11630	Dinsley	34	123
11631	Divers	34	301
11632	Donaghy	34	310
11633	Dorr	34	165
11634	Durn	34	110
11635	Edgson	34	222
11636	Egdell	34	131
11637	Elwick	34	160
11638	Emmins	34	142
11639	Enwright	34	144
11640	Everet	34	137
11641	Evill	34	116
11642	Ewin	34	165
11643	Fardon	34	183
11644	Fawcus	34	136
11645	Feakes	34	165
11646	Florance	34	183
11647	Fozzard	34	227
11648	Fright	34	201
11649	Furby	34	179
11650	Gainey	34	162
11651	Gallard	34	138
11652	Gannaway	34	168
11653	Gilliland	34	250
11654	Gowling	34	153
11655	Greenleaf	34	164
11656	Grier	34	429
11657	Guyer	34	114
11658	Guyler	34	142
11659	Gwyn	34	245
11660	Hallen	34	118
11661	Hallum	34	166
11662	Hamerton	34	176
11663	Hamp	34	238
11664	Hansom	34	168
11665	Harby	34	229
11666	Harcombe	34	145
11667	Iliff	34	194
11668	Ion	34	147
11669	Jauncey	34	165
11670	Jephcott	34	183
11671	Keatley	34	237
11672	Kilbourn	34	161
11673	Mara	34	282
11674	Maris	34	190
11675	Marren	34	167
11676	Marsters	34	174
11677	Meadley	34	128
11678	Medwell	34	111
11679	Mein	34	342
11680	Memory	34	167
11681	Millgate	34	200
11682	Moffett	34	247
11683	Moffit	34	162
11684	Mollett	34	169
11685	Monahan	34	214
11686	Nailor	34	189
11687	Neads	34	127
11688	Nevins	34	196
11689	Nile	34	143
11690	Nodder	34	178
11691	Norminton	34	150
11692	Nowlan	34	209
11693	Nussey	34	196
11694	Okey	34	152
11695	Paddick	34	174
11696	Pasfield	34	208
11697	Pattle	34	175
11698	Pembleton	34	136
11699	Perman	34	165
11700	Perrot	34	140