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 Handscomb, 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
11901	Handscomb	33	162
11902	Hardiker	33	156
11903	Haris	33	174
11904	Illing	33	152
11905	Ingleson	33	221
11906	Insall	33	122
11907	Inwards	33	145
11908	Isom	33	136
11909	Jackaman	33	189
11910	Jarmin	33	165
11911	Justin	33	133
11912	Kelf	33	130
11913	Kerswill	33	140
11914	Keylock	33	158
11915	Kinnard	33	188
11916	Malster	33	121
11917	Marchington	33	167
11918	Marron	33	229
11919	Mashiter	33	229
11920	Matkin	33	169
11921	Matterson	33	185
11922	Mckee	33	1,538
11923	Mcneil	33	4,447
11924	Mewis	33	149
11925	Morries	33	180
11926	Mouncey	33	148
11927	Mowforth	33	135
11928	Mozley	33	166
11929	Mullan	33	542
11930	Mullenger	33	147
11931	Muschamp	33	151
11932	Newlyn	33	160
11933	Oversby	33	169
11934	Parle	33	101
11935	Patefield	33	170
11936	Paternoster	33	190
11937	Pear	33	202
11938	Phibbs	33	127
11939	Picknell	33	206
11940	Pimblott	33	206
11941	Pitchforth	33	197
11942	Plaister	33	148
11943	Plumer	33	219
11944	Porton	33	147
11945	Pountain	33	147
11946	Preater	33	118
11947	Prestwood	33	131
11948	Proudley	33	122
11949	Puffett	33	174
11950	Purchas	33	144
11951	Pymm	33	167
11952	Quance	33	198
11953	Quest	33	118
11954	Randolph	33	200
11955	Rate	33	218
11956	Rawkins	33	128
11957	Readhead	33	184
11958	Redhouse	33	130
11959	Redmile	33	166
11960	Rickets	33	219
11961	Rickson	33	154
11962	Roberton	33	278
11963	Runacres	33	150
11964	Runham	33	147
11965	Rushmer	33	206
11966	Sawford	33	230
11967	Scambler	33	162
11968	Schorah	33	107
11969	Seaby	33	149
11970	Seamer	33	187
11971	Seekings	33	137
11972	Semper	33	149
11973	Seton	33	285
11974	Shalders	33	135
11975	Shapter	33	167
11976	Sheeran	33	136
11977	Sheil	33	213
11978	Silverton	33	114
11979	Smeeth	33	195
11980	Snudden	33	135
11981	Southan	33	185
11982	Stentiford	33	144
11983	Stickles	33	108
11984	Struthers	33	1,352
11985	Strutton	33	138
11986	Swindley	33	208
11987	Tack	33	161
11988	Tattersfield	33	279
11989	Tebay	33	205
11990	Tewkesbury	33	139
11991	Theakston	33	169
11992	Thorner	33	159
11993	Titchmarsh	33	172
11994	Tolliday	33	169
11995	Tompkin	33	219
11996	Tostevin	33	1
11997	Treweek	33	152
11998	Truckle	33	166
11999	Uglow	33	218
12000	Waistell	33	169