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 Provis, with 32 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
12201	Provis	32	196
12202	Purdey	32	150
12203	Purseglove	32	130
12204	Ralls	32	134
12205	Ramskill	32	134
12206	Raphael	32	207
12207	Rapps	32	80
12208	Rennard	32	169
12209	Renny	32	272
12210	Retallack	32	167
12211	Ribbons	32	212
12212	Ringe	32	137
12213	Rodmell	32	123
12214	Rosson	32	191
12215	Sandwith	32	130
12216	Sarah	32	199
12217	Savile	32	211
12218	Scarsbrook	32	182
12219	Scuse	32	130
12220	Selmes	32	194
12221	Sharpin	32	112
12222	Shillam	32	107
12223	Shingleton	32	186
12224	Shippam	32	143
12225	Sidey	32	321
12226	Sidley	32	189
12227	Skaife	32	204
12228	Skillington	32	122
12229	Sowray	32	102
12230	Spafford	32	171
12231	Spaul	32	196
12232	Stangroom	32	192
12233	Stote	32	150
12234	Stothart	32	153
12235	Tay	32	159
12236	Theodore	32	124
12237	Thistlewood	32	131
12238	Thurling	32	166
12239	Tindell	32	181
12240	Toes	32	185
12241	Tolchard	32	105
12242	Traves	32	176
12243	Trowsdale	32	158
12244	Tudball	32	200
12245	Twelves	32	131
12246	Twitchen	32	158
12247	Tyte	32	151
12248	Upjohn	32	135
12249	Ure	32	165
12250	Vodden	32	190
12251	Waby	32	176
12252	Wannell	32	124
12253	Watmore	32	251
12254	Why	32	173
12255	Wier	32	220
12256	Wint	32	148
12257	Woffinden	32	132
12258	Wolstenholm	32	140
12259	Woodliffe	32	124
12260	Wooten	32	153
12261	Worby	32	233
12262	Aarons	31	163
12263	Airs	31	133
12264	Anstice	31	127
12265	Antcliffe	31	152
12266	Armitstead	31	132
12267	Balderston	31	278
12268	Barrie	31	2,174
12269	Barrowcliffe	31	167
12270	Battams	31	202
12271	Bayless	31	154
12272	Beament	31	124
12273	Beevors	31	141
12274	Benoy	31	91
12275	Berkshire	31	153
12276	Bestall	31	105
12277	Betley	31	153
12278	Bispham	31	177
12279	Blacknell	31	113
12280	Blazey	31	193
12281	Bolan	31	277
12282	Born	31	219
12283	Boxley	31	118
12284	Brabyn	31	98
12285	Branagan	31	197
12286	Broadfoot	31	715
12287	Burgoine	31	170
12288	Cabell	31	94
12289	Canterbury	31	115
12290	Carry	31	226
12291	Cayless	31	120
12292	Chatters	31	192
12293	Chidwick	31	148
12294	Chignell	31	121
12295	Chuck	31	176
12296	Clogg	31	161
12297	Cluderay	31	128
12298	Colbridge	31	124
12299	Collingbourne	31	125
12300	Copestick	31	139