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 Costigan, with 31 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
12301	Costigan	31	239
12302	Coston	31	169
12303	Coulman	31	177
12304	Cowsill	31	203
12305	Cranford	31	214
12306	Crickmer	31	91
12307	Crutchlow	31	94
12308	Cuttle	31	197
12309	Darbey	31	152
12310	Darnton	31	129
12311	Datson	31	143
12312	Daughtry	31	133
12313	Daysh	31	143
12314	Deare	31	117
12315	Derrett	31	190
12316	Devereaux	31	166
12317	Dollin	31	134
12318	Dossett	31	193
12319	Dowdle	31	156
12320	Dowrick	31	168
12321	Drayson	31	222
12322	Dubber	31	152
12323	Dunnicliffe	31	121
12324	Eastaugh	31	152
12325	Eastlake	31	169
12326	Elgood	31	130
12327	Erridge	31	129
12328	Esson	31	660
12329	Evins	31	141
12330	Fallas	31	211
12331	Falshaw	31	191
12332	Farnes	31	135
12333	Faucett	31	179
12334	Fenna	31	123
12335	Fishpool	31	143
12336	Fitches	31	125
12337	Flanaghan	31	295
12338	Floyde	31	151
12339	Forsdyke	31	147
12340	Fortnam	31	142
12341	Frankton	31	134
12342	Friendship	31	128
12343	Fullager	31	185
12344	Gazey	31	162
12345	Gegg	31	183
12346	Gemmell	31	1,804
12347	Gendall	31	112
12348	Gilhespy	31	136
12349	Gillan	31	1,054
12350	Gisby	31	185
12351	Goatcher	31	150
12352	Graystone	31	161
12353	Greentree	31	126
12354	Greggs	31	124
12355	Guite	31	112
12356	Gumbrell	31	191
12357	Gumbrill	31	106
12358	Guscott	31	173
12359	Haggitt	31	134
12360	Hailwood	31	187
12361	Haimes	31	171
12362	Halder	31	172
12363	Hamman	31	131
12364	Hardwell	31	118
12365	Icke	31	189
12366	Inness	31	228
12367	Jemmett	31	198
12368	Jurd	31	186
12369	Keele	31	142
12370	Kempthorne	31	148
12371	Kilborn	31	130
12372	Kimmins	31	145
12373	Kinge	31	160
12374	Kingsmill	31	160
12375	Kirwin	31	180
12376	Knowls	31	127
12377	Mackney	31	149
12378	Maddy	31	191
12379	Maffey	31	145
12380	Mangles	31	123
12381	Marshallsay	31	156
12382	Mckie	31	2,244
12383	Mcnulty	31	1,299
12384	Meale	31	183
12385	Memmott	31	134
12386	Messham	31	132
12387	Minifie	31	104
12388	Mirams	31	104
12389	Moggridge	31	175
12390	Monkley	31	142
12391	Monkton	31	146
12392	Newboult	31	130
12393	Newsholme	31	156
12394	Oniel	31	578
12395	Ostick	31	105
12396	Parfit	31	166
12397	Partis	31	162
12398	Passman	31	131
12399	Pearsons	31	128
12400	Pescott	31	139