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 Petley, 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
11701	Petley	34	250
11702	Petre	34	196
11703	Pigram	34	204
11704	Pindar	34	224
11705	Pinhorn	34	142
11706	Pinkstone	34	115
11707	Pirie	34	2,140
11708	Pitter	34	124
11709	Plaskitt	34	129
11710	Playdon	34	122
11711	Pocknell	34	157
11712	Popplestone	34	186
11713	Priscott	34	171
11714	Quantrell	34	146
11715	Quarrington	34	99
11716	Quickfall	34	184
11717	Rastrick	34	183
11718	Rattle	34	206
11719	Rawden	34	168
11720	Rawdon	34	158
11721	Readshaw	34	114
11722	Rearden	34	234
11723	Redmore	34	146
11724	Relton	34	195
11725	Retallick	34	215
11726	Riordan	34	162
11727	Rootham	34	155
11728	Rossell	34	165
11729	Rydings	34	155
11730	Sable	34	115
11731	Samworth	34	127
11732	Sandry	34	131
11733	Sawden	34	158
11734	Seedhouse	34	179
11735	Seeker	34	141
11736	Shade	34	262
11737	Shelbourn	34	127
11738	Sherbourne	34	117
11739	Shinner	34	153
11740	Silkstone	34	171
11741	Simmond	34	218
11742	Sinkinson	34	174
11743	Sirrell	34	168
11744	Skingle	34	134
11745	Slader	34	204
11746	Smail	34	607
11747	Standeven	34	268
11748	Stannett	34	151
11749	Steeds	34	186
11750	Stenhouse	34	1,240
11751	Stibbs	34	167
11752	Style	34	258
11753	Summerill	34	141
11754	Tallent	34	97
11755	Tamlin	34	143
11756	Tapscott	34	220
11757	Tatam	34	177
11758	Tedstone	34	146
11759	Tharme	34	117
11760	Thoroughgood	34	159
11761	Tibbitts	34	172
11762	Tilby	34	175
11763	Titheridge	34	210
11764	Tole	34	146
11765	Topple	34	163
11766	Trebble	34	171
11767	Tregaskis	34	154
11768	Troake	34	174
11769	Truslove	34	152
11770	Tuckfield	34	174
11771	Tuckley	34	219
11772	Udale	34	155
11773	Varlow	34	168
11774	Vatcher	34	155
11775	Vere	34	231
11776	Vial	34	172
11777	Waiting	34	110
11778	Walster	34	146
11779	Walwyn	34	150
11780	Warde	34	247
11781	Waymouth	34	215
11782	Weedall	34	187
11783	Welchman	34	174
11784	Wharram	34	135
11785	Wiggall	34	133
11786	Wildon	34	207
11787	Willicombe	34	133
11788	Willies	34	122
11789	Wire	34	178
11790	Woodyer	34	151
11791	Woolman	34	200
11792	Woolway	34	164
11793	Worsman	34	106
11794	Yorath	34	144
11795	Aburrow	33	115
11796	Adler	33	180
11797	Aiston	33	152
11798	Alison	33	543
11799	Allbright	33	137
11800	Allder	33	150