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 Branchett, with 18 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
16801	Branchett	18	90
16802	Brashaw	18	68
16803	Braunton	18	74
16804	Bremer	18	119
16805	Brenner	18	102
16806	Bridden	18	104
16807	Brimicombe	18	61
16808	Brimmell	18	74
16809	Brinley	18	97
16810	Broadberry	18	103
16811	Browitt	18	69
16812	Brownfield	18	107
16813	Bruff	18	99
16814	Brumfit	18	77
16815	Bruster	18	73
16816	Bryars	18	64
16817	Bulkeley	18	96
16818	Bullamore	18	96
16819	Bumfrey	18	89
16820	Bunbury	18	84
16821	Burkey	18	89
16822	Burras	18	94
16823	Busk	18	142
16824	Callam	18	129
16825	Calpin	18	90
16826	Calvin	18	106
16827	Carbery	18	127
16828	Carvel	18	116
16829	Casterton	18	109
16830	Catto	18	566
16831	Caudell	18	69
16832	Causier	18	89
16833	Cavannah	18	111
16834	Caves	18	166
16835	Cavins	18	77
16836	Chantrell	18	87
16837	Chegwin	18	98
16838	Chellingworth	18	84
16839	Chesman	18	109
16840	Clabburn	18	83
16841	Clennell	18	82
16842	Cockley	18	81
16843	Cockwill	18	69
16844	Codner	18	93
16845	Colliver	18	130
16846	Collom	18	67
16847	Collumbell	18	92
16848	Coltham	18	68
16849	Coogan	18	194
16850	Cooknell	18	65
16851	Coomes	18	141
16852	Cordukes	18	93
16853	Coumbe	18	111
16854	Craythorne	18	97
16855	Cribbin	18	86
16856	Crippen	18	112
16857	Cubby	18	73
16858	Culbert	18	231
16859	Cule	18	69
16860	Cuningham	18	203
16861	Cupitt	18	90
16862	Curbishley	18	76
16863	Cursley	18	90
16864	Cushen	18	88
16865	Cuzner	18	87
16866	Dafter	18	103
16867	Daintree	18	91
16868	Dalston	18	119
16869	Dascombe	18	96
16870	Daugherty	18	62
16871	Daunton	18	102
16872	Davill	18	64
16873	Dawney	18	84
16874	Dawton	18	90
16875	Dealtry	18	109
16876	Dearmer	18	72
16877	Denchfield	18	133
16878	Denn	18	95
16879	Dennant	18	113
16880	Dennerley	18	72
16881	Dill	18	170
16882	Dinan	18	94
16883	Dinsmore	18	98
16884	Dockrill	18	127
16885	Donough	18	165
16886	Dotchin	18	65
16887	Dougal	18	547
16888	Doward	18	137
16889	Dudden	18	130
16890	Duglas	18	122
16891	Dumphy	18	121
16892	Dutnall	18	112
16893	Eadington	18	81
16894	Eastick	18	99
16895	Eccott	18	77
16896	Edgcumbe	18	72
16897	Edley	18	94
16898	Ekin	18	109
16899	Eling	18	68
16900	Elland	18	91