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 Warfield, 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
12001	Warfield	33	147
12002	Waterland	33	149
12003	Westover	33	165
12004	Whear	33	153
12005	Wheildon	33	102
12006	Whistance	33	111
12007	Whittock	33	218
12008	Wilkey	33	174
12009	Willby	33	137
12010	Wilmer	33	291
12011	Winkfield	33	109
12012	Wintrip	33	158
12013	Wooden	33	194
12014	Woodfin	33	158
12015	Woolland	33	176
12016	Abbots	32	164
12017	Adderson	32	130
12018	Agutter	32	173
12019	Aldrige	32	144
12020	Alner	32	127
12021	Amson	32	136
12022	Andrewartha	32	118
12023	Ariss	32	175
12024	Atwill	32	151
12025	Awcock	32	177
12026	Aylmer	32	188
12027	Balsom	32	187
12028	Bamsey	32	115
12029	Banger	32	197
12030	Barcock	32	168
12031	Bascombe	32	202
12032	Beel	32	215
12033	Beerling	32	146
12034	Bellows	32	127
12035	Bibbey	32	125
12036	Bishopp	32	195
12037	Bloye	32	144
12038	Blything	32	112
12039	Boalch	32	109
12040	Bonas	32	138
12041	Boneham	32	205
12042	Bonsey	32	136
12043	Bowmaker	32	179
12044	Braby	32	179
12045	Bradder	32	133
12046	Brash	32	532
12047	Brazell	32	159
12048	Breadmore	32	142
12049	Briston	32	158
12050	Broadly	32	268
12051	Brockhouse	32	126
12052	Brocks	32	90
12053	Buley	32	117
12054	Burgiss	32	141
12055	Bushill	32	181
12056	Caesar	32	200
12057	Cantell	32	111
12058	Canton	32	201
12059	Cappleman	32	107
12060	Cariss	32	156
12061	Carmody	32	146
12062	Caselton	32	124
12063	Caudle	32	219
12064	Cheatle	32	227
12065	Cherrill	32	152
12066	Chillcott	32	124
12067	Chipp	32	224
12068	Cleaves	32	153
12069	Coan	32	180
12070	Cockfield	32	141
12071	Cockings	32	162
12072	Commander	32	155
12073	Copas	32	186
12074	Coslett	32	136
12075	Costen	32	189
12076	Coussens	32	92
12077	Cramphorn	32	130
12078	Creedy	32	156
12079	Cregan	32	171
12080	Cremer	32	168
12081	Cretney	32	51
12082	Crombleholme	32	114
12083	Cruddas	32	123
12084	Cullam	32	135
12085	Currah	32	166
12086	Currall	32	196
12087	Darker	32	179
12088	Darwell	32	159
12089	Dearnaley	32	127
12090	Dennes	32	159
12091	Diggles	32	206
12092	Dight	32	190
12093	Dimes	32	137
12094	Dine	32	165
12095	Docksey	32	167
12096	Donley	32	253
12097	Donnolly	32	251
12098	Dorkin	32	140
12099	Dorning	32	229
12100	Driffill	32	144