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 Schwabe, 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
14901	Schwabe	23	75
14902	Scoffin	23	100
14903	Scoones	23	162
14904	Scotford	23	122
14905	Scraggs	23	112
14906	Scrine	23	88
14907	Searley	23	84
14908	Sedwell	23	83
14909	Senescall	23	104
14910	Seviour	23	128
14911	Shadlock	23	126
14912	Shatton	23	134
14913	Shear	23	148
14914	Sheargold	23	96
14915	Sheet	23	174
14916	Shickle	23	106
14917	Shillcock	23	104
14918	Shilston	23	131
14919	Shurman	23	137
14920	Siddaway	23	76
14921	Sillis	23	119
14922	Sime	23	1,214
14923	Simeon	23	106
14924	Simester	23	120
14925	Simmins	23	161
14926	Sisterson	23	168
14927	Skiggs	23	117
14928	Skillings	23	114
14929	Skingley	23	133
14930	Slone	23	142
14931	Sluman	23	96
14932	Smails	23	86
14933	Smallpiece	23	115
14934	Smalls	23	105
14935	Smetham	23	98
14936	Smiley	23	116
14937	Smitten	23	125
14938	Snewin	23	85
14939	Soane	23	151
14940	Spalton	23	114
14941	Sparkman	23	101
14942	Spaven	23	160
14943	Spilling	23	127
14944	Spraggs	23	124
14945	Spratling	23	104
14946	Squance	23	173
14947	Stabb	23	117
14948	Stearns	23	92
14949	Stickings	23	87
14950	Stilgoe	23	108
14951	Stopher	23	144
14952	Sucksmith	23	157
14953	Sutliff	23	90
14954	Swords	23	87
14955	Symond	23	100
14956	Tacon	23	91
14957	Target	23	92
14958	Tedman	23	128
14959	Tees	23	156
14960	Ternent	23	200
14961	Tett	23	147
14962	Thackwell	23	127
14963	Thair	23	82
14964	Thawley	23	125
14965	Thorold	23	150
14966	Threadkell	23	80
14967	Thrupp	23	165
14968	Tiernan	23	117
14969	Tillier	23	126
14970	Tinmouth	23	98
14971	Tocknell	23	76
14972	Tolladay	23	83
14973	Tom	23	133
14974	Tombleson	23	124
14975	Tombling	23	93
14976	Toney	23	131
14977	Tott	23	109
14978	Towl	23	160
14979	Treeby	23	139
14980	Trimming	23	109
14981	Trounson	23	109
14982	Tumilty	23	87
14983	Twinning	23	71
14984	Twizell	23	104
14985	Unsted	23	85
14986	Utton	23	110
14987	Verey	23	127
14988	Vooght	23	107
14989	Wandby	23	91
14990	Wates	23	150
14991	Waye	23	90
14992	Weatherstone	23	201
14993	Wetherby	23	127
14994	Wheelton	23	154
14995	Whitall	23	99
14996	Whitehand	23	99
14997	Whittlesey	23	73
14998	Widlake	23	155
14999	Wildin	23	99
15000	Willats	23	85