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 Coble, 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
16401	Coble	19	95
16402	Cogman	19	65
16403	Colebourn	19	75
16404	Coleshill	19	116
16405	Connery	19	184
16406	Connop	19	157
16407	Cosslett	19	85
16408	Cotterhill	19	57
16409	Coucher	19	104
16410	Craston	19	97
16411	Craxton	19	61
16412	Cresser	19	82
16413	Crittle	19	78
16414	Cromarty	19	343
16415	Crothall	19	101
16416	Crowter	19	84
16417	Cudlip	19	119
16418	Cullinane	19	47
16419	Cummin	19	95
16420	Curgenven	19	93
16421	Currin	19	115
16422	Cussans	19	73
16423	Cyples	19	94
16424	Daffin	19	64
16425	Dains	19	99
16426	Dallen	19	104
16427	Dannell	19	54
16428	Dashper	19	85
16429	Davenhill	19	76
16430	Dawtrey	19	76
16431	Deely	19	88
16432	Degnan	19	176
16433	Detheridge	19	130
16434	Digman	19	125
16435	Doggrell	19	93
16436	Dole	19	142
16437	Doley	19	137
16438	Dooly	19	123
16439	Dorking	19	112
16440	Dorn	19	119
16441	Dowbiggin	19	116
16442	Draisey	19	83
16443	Drapper	19	77
16444	Duddell	19	82
16445	Dupont	19	93
16446	Durley	19	92
16447	Durow	19	65
16448	Dykins	19	112
16449	Easten	19	89
16450	Eastes	19	105
16451	Edghill	19	85
16452	Edmead	19	82
16453	Edmed	19	158
16454	Edsall	19	90
16455	Eggleshaw	19	73
16456	Ella	19	123
16457	Ellice	19	137
16458	Ellicock	19	69
16459	Emblem	19	87
16460	Emeny	19	114
16461	Emmery	19	75
16462	Enderson	19	75
16463	Enion	19	76
16464	Ernest	19	100
16465	Errey	19	81
16466	Faulds	19	914
16467	Fawcitt	19	103
16468	Ferdinand	19	102
16469	Fetton	19	67
16470	Filtness	19	92
16471	Fine	19	114
16472	Finkle	19	77
16473	Fischer	19	231
16474	Flanery	19	107
16475	Fleckney	19	82
16476	Foat	19	119
16477	Folds	19	133
16478	Footer	19	129
16479	Foran	19	127
16480	Fortnum	19	105
16481	Foulser	19	82
16482	Foxworthy	19	81
16483	Frawley	19	126
16484	Fulleylove	19	96
16485	Furey	19	92
16486	Furmidge	19	73
16487	Garney	19	102
16488	Garraty	19	134
16489	Garrison	19	138
16490	Gavins	19	131
16491	Gerrans	19	104
16492	Gillitt	19	71
16493	Gilmer	19	80
16494	Girdwood	19	392
16495	Givens	19	127
16496	Glister	19	82
16497	Goate	19	93
16498	Godderidge	19	79
16499	Godridge	19	74
16500	Goldswain	19	102