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 Tollitt, 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
16701	Tollitt	19	74
16702	Tomley	19	76
16703	Tottenham	19	95
16704	Towe	19	91
16705	Towersey	19	88
16706	Towill	19	109
16707	Towsend	19	128
16708	Trestrail	19	100
16709	Trobe	19	64
16710	Tuffley	19	202
16711	Twaddle	19	316
16712	Tylee	19	99
16713	Tyrrel	19	103
16714	Unstead	19	105
16715	Upperton	19	172
16716	Vayro	19	58
16717	Verrell	19	105
16718	Vickars	19	93
16719	Vigrass	19	53
16720	Virr	19	88
16721	Wadden	19	60
16722	Walrond	19	108
16723	Walshe	19	120
16724	Warbutton	19	79
16725	Washbourn	19	71
16726	Wastie	19	95
16727	Wedgbury	19	92
16728	Weld	19	107
16729	Whaite	19	126
16730	Whiddett	19	110
16731	Whinnett	19	77
16732	Whitwood	19	104
16733	Whyles	19	68
16734	Widd	19	79
16735	Widdrington	19	85
16736	Widgery	19	147
16737	Wigger	19	71
16738	Willkins	19	61
16739	Wind	19	145
16740	Woodridge	19	88
16741	Woolvin	19	90
16742	Worship	19	67
16743	Worsick	19	127
16744	Wozencroft	19	53
16745	Youles	19	124
16746	Younge	19	170
16747	Acheson	18	47
16748	Alland	18	57
16749	Allton	18	100
16750	Alport	18	97
16751	Altree	18	84
16752	Alves	18	159
16753	Amatt	18	84
16754	Andre	18	80
16755	Arlidge	18	123
16756	Arthurton	18	110
16757	Artlett	18	79
16758	Aspell	18	71
16759	Attley	18	79
16760	Auden	18	55
16761	Bailiff	18	97
16762	Balkham	18	82
16763	Bannard	18	93
16764	Bantin	18	72
16765	Bar	18	76
16766	Barman	18	130
16767	Barningham	18	100
16768	Barnish	18	126
16769	Barriball	18	101
16770	Barsted	18	98
16771	Barten	18	98
16772	Bartin	18	93
16773	Bartter	18	43
16774	Basden	18	92
16775	Battensby	18	105
16776	Batterson	18	91
16777	Battie	18	146
16778	Baumann	18	74
16779	Beat	18	192
16780	Becks	18	97
16781	Beenham	18	55
16782	Belben	18	94
16783	Belding	18	114
16784	Bellam	18	99
16785	Bellchambers	18	128
16786	Besson	18	84
16787	Beves	18	86
16788	Bierton	18	92
16789	Binmore	18	88
16790	Bitten	18	81
16791	Blackborow	18	49
16792	Blanford	18	102
16793	Blatcher	18	89
16794	Blown	18	59
16795	Bluff	18	89
16796	Boutwood	18	59
16797	Bowle	18	95
16798	Brad	18	61
16799	Bradstreet	18	112
16800	Brakes	18	86