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 Patridge, 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
16601	Patridge	19	87
16602	Pensom	19	53
16603	Penzer	19	80
16604	Pettiford	19	57
16605	Phasey	19	111
16606	Philpin	19	130
16607	Picket	19	198
16608	Pigney	19	93
16609	Plaxton	19	101
16610	Poundall	19	83
16611	Poutney	19	90
16612	Praill	19	77
16613	Prevost	19	87
16614	Pyburn	19	97
16615	Radbone	19	78
16616	Raley	19	90
16617	Ralphson	19	54
16618	Rear	19	111
16619	Reavell	19	96
16620	Reily	19	273
16621	Riche	19	114
16622	Richie	19	282
16623	Ridges	19	113
16624	Rippen	19	100
16625	Risdale	19	126
16626	Risk	19	355
16627	Rivington	19	124
16628	Rocket	19	108
16629	Rolleston	19	77
16630	Rollingson	19	69
16631	Rollitt	19	95
16632	Rooms	19	104
16633	Rooth	19	106
16634	Rosamond	19	92
16635	Rottenbury	19	70
16636	Rotton	19	98
16637	Roud	19	91
16638	Royse	19	94
16639	Rud	19	67
16640	Rudall	19	99
16641	Rumfitt	19	90
16642	Ryves	19	76
16643	Sacre	19	97
16644	Sandalls	19	95
16645	Sanday	19	76
16646	Sapey	19	95
16647	Satterly	19	85
16648	Scarbro	19	86
16649	Schubert	19	93
16650	Scullard	19	86
16651	Seargent	19	79
16652	Seckington	19	83
16653	Senogles	19	34
16654	Sergison	19	66
16655	Shadwick	19	163
16656	Shakespere	19	100
16657	Sharley	19	94
16658	Sheers	19	115
16659	Sheperd	19	197
16660	Shiell	19	262
16661	Shirlock	19	127
16662	Sier	19	108
16663	Silke	19	92
16664	Sillick	19	107
16665	Singlehurst	19	99
16666	Snoxell	19	106
16667	Soal	19	72
16668	Sothcott	19	81
16669	Southerland	19	90
16670	Spetch	19	116
16671	Spibey	19	76
16672	Spillman	19	136
16673	Staden	19	96
16674	Stamer	19	56
16675	Stanners	19	247
16676	Steavenson	19	79
16677	Stick	19	96
16678	Stile	19	132
16679	Stinchcomb	19	101
16680	Stobie	19	440
16681	Stocken	19	100
16682	Stonelake	19	94
16683	Strahan	19	146
16684	Stronach	19	506
16685	Stubington	19	122
16686	Studman	19	87
16687	Stupples	19	83
16688	Summerhays	19	94
16689	Swatridge	19	79
16690	Sweetapple	19	81
16691	Swindale	19	97
16692	Talman	19	96
16693	Tattum	19	90
16694	Thistlewaite	19	95
16695	Thompkins	19	85
16696	Thouless	19	56
16697	Thurstans	19	71
16698	Tibbatts	19	67
16699	Tidmas	19	81
16700	Tillbrook	19	107