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 Athorn, with 19 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
16301	Athorn	19	92
16302	Atley	19	139
16303	Attaway	19	83
16304	Audus	19	83
16305	Avard	19	145
16306	Badrock	19	76
16307	Bagster	19	84
16308	Bake	19	170
16309	Bardon	19	115
16310	Barrons	19	120
16311	Barthorpe	19	120
16312	Battell	19	109
16313	Baulk	19	89
16314	Bavington	19	70
16315	Bedell	19	179
16316	Beedell	19	174
16317	Beeman	19	107
16318	Bellington	19	104
16319	Bells	19	154
16320	Benison	19	151
16321	Bere	19	104
16322	Bess	19	106
16323	Betson	19	156
16324	Bickerdyke	19	126
16325	Billyard	19	98
16326	Bindloss	19	77
16327	Bintcliffe	19	84
16328	Blevins	19	68
16329	Blincoe	19	70
16330	Bloxsome	19	98
16331	Bloyce	19	91
16332	Blumson	19	67
16333	Blundel	19	76
16334	Bodilly	19	113
16335	Bodin	19	103
16336	Boldy	19	62
16337	Boley	19	138
16338	Bolten	19	124
16339	Bonds	19	138
16340	Bonshor	19	64
16341	Boothe	19	132
16342	Bord	19	61
16343	Borne	19	111
16344	Bouden	19	87
16345	Bows	19	137
16346	Brabban	19	94
16347	Bradburne	19	61
16348	Braddy	19	138
16349	Braithwait	19	114
16350	Brander	19	448
16351	Brandt	19	125
16352	Bransgrove	19	105
16353	Brayfield	19	87
16354	Brearey	19	91
16355	Bredbury	19	126
16356	Brickett	19	81
16357	Brickhill	19	106
16358	Brinkler	19	92
16359	Brint	19	61
16360	Briscall	19	82
16361	Brobyn	19	72
16362	Brooksby	19	101
16363	Brow	19	175
16364	Brydges	19	102
16365	Buckberry	19	62
16366	Bucket	19	88
16367	Buer	19	62
16368	Bully	19	119
16369	Burberry	19	142
16370	Burlington	19	116
16371	Burnhope	19	65
16372	Busley	19	91
16373	Cailes	19	81
16374	Campble	19	126
16375	Canney	19	113
16376	Cantelo	19	72
16377	Canvin	19	99
16378	Carby	19	80
16379	Carrole	19	109
16380	Carvey	19	85
16381	Casserley	19	77
16382	Caterer	19	95
16383	Cawson	19	154
16384	Cawthray	19	90
16385	Cearns	19	96
16386	Chadwell	19	123
16387	Chalton	19	123
16388	Charsley	19	72
16389	Chaytor	19	128
16390	Cheesley	19	80
16391	Cheffings	19	80
16392	Chetwood	19	115
16393	Cheyne	19	994
16394	Chidzey	19	84
16395	Churchard	19	77
16396	Churchley	19	144
16397	Clabby	19	72
16398	Clawley	19	72
16399	Clayworth	19	80
16400	Cline	19	127