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 Hallaway, with 23 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
14801	Hallaway	23	125
14802	Hallowes	23	92
14803	Hamond	23	237
14804	Hamshaw	23	150
14805	Hane	23	91
14806	Inward	23	132
14807	Isgar	23	140
14808	Jarrad	23	92
14809	Joliffe	23	211
14810	Journeaux	23	3
14811	Keall	23	101
14812	Keef	23	135
14813	Kegan	23	127
14814	Keil	23	136
14815	Keitch	23	93
14816	Kibbey	23	92
14817	Kier	23	136
14818	Kirwan	23	180
14819	Kitchingham	23	110
14820	Mansergh	23	150
14821	Marchment	23	148
14822	Margrie	23	100
14823	Mccarty	23	1,097
14824	Mcwilliam	23	1,798
14825	Meeking	23	144
14826	Meen	23	161
14827	Mellard	23	101
14828	Mence	23	145
14829	Menhinick	23	78
14830	Merrikin	23	95
14831	Middleweek	23	81
14832	Milbourn	23	164
14833	Millerchip	23	90
14834	Millns	23	152
14835	Millor	23	127
14836	Mingins	23	78
14837	Molley	23	92
14838	Molony	23	120
14839	Monnington	23	81
14840	Monteith	23	796
14841	Montford	23	137
14842	Monument	23	148
14843	Mook	23	89
14844	Morrant	23	110
14845	Muldowney	23	104
14846	Nailer	23	137
14847	Nethersole	23	94
14848	Norry	23	93
14849	Oakly	23	98
14850	Odgen	23	94
14851	Odonoghue	23	167
14852	Ogburn	23	109
14853	Oldreive	23	112
14854	Oman	23	359
14855	Ongley	23	186
14856	Orrett	23	110
14857	Orridge	23	149
14858	Otty	23	154
14859	Overland	23	89
14860	Overs	23	94
14861	Paines	23	111
14862	Parlby	23	97
14863	Parlour	23	161
14864	Pashler	23	115
14865	Patt	23	84
14866	Peakman	23	159
14867	Peard	23	141
14868	Peer	23	130
14869	Perch	23	120
14870	Perdue	23	144
14871	Phair	23	139
14872	Phippard	23	153
14873	Pitchfork	23	109
14874	Pitney	23	125
14875	Pogmore	23	136
14876	Ponsonby	23	207
14877	Prynn	23	121
14878	Pudsey	23	109
14879	Purdom	23	120
14880	Puttnam	23	72
14881	Quantick	23	69
14882	Quartley	23	112
14883	Radnor	23	105
14884	Redley	23	115
14885	Redsell	23	106
14886	Reffold	23	114
14887	Rhone	23	94
14888	Riglar	23	88
14889	Rintoul	23	688
14890	Rollett	23	148
14891	Roseblade	23	113
14892	Rufus	23	98
14893	Rukin	23	95
14894	Runyard	23	67
14895	Ryans	23	205
14896	Sail	23	104
14897	Salman	23	109
14898	Sambell	23	107
14899	Sargison	23	125
14900	Schollar	23	127