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 Arblaster, with 33 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
11801	Arblaster	33	191
11802	Armishaw	33	133
11803	Arstall	33	160
11804	Aulton	33	119
11805	Bage	33	210
11806	Bagshawe	33	149
11807	Bakes	33	159
11808	Balkwill	33	262
11809	Batham	33	146
11810	Batkin	33	186
11811	Beazer	33	130
11812	Bendelow	33	188
11813	Bendon	33	130
11814	Bettle	33	156
11815	Birchley	33	162
11816	Bircumshaw	33	139
11817	Bletcher	33	139
11818	Boardley	33	124
11819	Bollands	33	127
11820	Bonson	33	155
11821	Bowery	33	157
11822	Boxell	33	115
11823	Brade	33	234
11824	Bramhill	33	151
11825	Brears	33	201
11826	Bremner	33	2,575
11827	Bretton	33	191
11828	Bridgewood	33	150
11829	Briley	33	176
11830	Brockington	33	168
11831	Brownett	33	101
11832	Buckner	33	183
11833	Bullers	33	101
11834	Bynon	33	123
11835	Caird	33	608
11836	Calley	33	194
11837	Calthorpe	33	146
11838	Cambers	33	140
11839	Came	33	137
11840	Cardell	33	161
11841	Castles	33	181
11842	Cavanah	33	175
11843	Chandley	33	178
11844	Christer	33	119
11845	Civil	33	131
11846	Clampitt	33	147
11847	Clint	33	218
11848	Comely	33	136
11849	Cool	33	147
11850	Corson	33	310
11851	Cranch	33	160
11852	Crilly	33	169
11853	Daker	33	206
11854	Dallaway	33	149
11855	Damen	33	137
11856	Daybell	33	126
11857	Denbigh	33	182
11858	Devon	33	276
11859	Dewe	33	177
11860	Donnithorne	33	126
11861	Duell	33	187
11862	Dunt	33	189
11863	Dyett	33	136
11864	Earls	33	183
11865	Easey	33	207
11866	Eastwick	33	173
11867	Eborall	33	123
11868	Eckett	33	158
11869	Edey	33	257
11870	Edgeley	33	201
11871	Elsam	33	140
11872	Embry	33	127
11873	Emm	33	214
11874	Exelby	33	224
11875	Fairbridge	33	149
11876	Fannon	33	174
11877	Fantom	33	142
11878	Farncombe	33	146
11879	Fearne	33	104
11880	Feetham	33	170
11881	Fogerty	33	160
11882	Foggon	33	137
11883	Forse	33	187
11884	Frary	33	190
11885	Furr	33	154
11886	Gainford	33	126
11887	Galsworthy	33	233
11888	Gazeley	33	195
11889	Gelderd	33	140
11890	Geoghegan	33	183
11891	Gimbert	33	152
11892	Glyn	33	225
11893	Goldsborough	33	230
11894	Gravel	33	157
11895	Greatwood	33	113
11896	Greves	33	221
11897	Gristwood	33	209
11898	Gunby	33	205
11899	Hagg	33	186
11900	Hamar	33	170