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 Elmslie, 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
16901	Elmslie	18	171
16902	Elshaw	18	93
16903	Emans	18	80
16904	Emary	18	66
16905	Entwhistle	18	100
16906	Escreet	18	91
16907	Euston	18	122
16908	Everiss	18	69
16909	Eversden	18	81
16910	Fairbourn	18	84
16911	Fallan	18	199
16912	Fanshaw	18	106
16913	Farleigh	18	102
16914	Farndell	18	145
16915	Fears	18	112
16916	Fenby	18	110
16917	Fieldwick	18	76
16918	Finer	18	73
16919	Finny	18	100
16920	Fitzgeorge	18	70
16921	Flamank	18	85
16922	Flitter	18	76
16923	Floate	18	79
16924	Forknall	18	96
16925	Fower	18	63
16926	Freathy	18	81
16927	Frecknall	18	70
16928	Fritz	18	110
16929	Froggat	18	100
16930	Fursdon	18	83
16931	Garfit	18	105
16932	Gargan	18	137
16933	Garwell	18	97
16934	Gatton	18	81
16935	Gavaghan	18	79
16936	Gilders	18	93
16937	Gillian	18	105
16938	Gillispie	18	156
16939	Ginty	18	123
16940	Gist	18	117
16941	Glaysher	18	138
16942	Goatman	18	91
16943	Going	18	91
16944	Gollings	18	96
16945	Gorley	18	83
16946	Gorrod	18	87
16947	Gort	18	59
16948	Gotham	18	68
16949	Gowens	18	117
16950	Grattidge	18	51
16951	Gravener	18	92
16952	Griffies	18	84
16953	Grimstead	18	103
16954	Gurry	18	90
16955	Gwinnett	18	121
16956	Haddaway	18	87
16957	Hadkinson	18	62
16958	Hadman	18	74
16959	Hagyard	18	69
16960	Haisman	18	72
16961	Hamlen	18	86
16962	Hannagan	18	93
16963	Harner	18	86
16964	Harrald	18	105
16965	Harrall	18	75
16966	Ideson	18	125
16967	Illston	18	81
16968	Incledon	18	79
16969	Javes	18	59
16970	Jean	18	67
16971	Jelbart	18	53
16972	Jenings	18	102
16973	Juden	18	92
16974	Kayley	18	86
16975	Keam	18	94
16976	Keate	18	88
16977	Kellick	18	85
16978	Kendon	18	71
16979	Kestle	18	107
16980	Keymer	18	122
16981	Kilbourne	18	104
16982	Kilvert	18	151
16983	Kitchiner	18	111
16984	Knowland	18	72
16985	Mabley	18	117
16986	Macmahon	18	215
16987	Macready	18	117
16988	Mahar	18	141
16989	Mance	18	79
16990	Mandry	18	99
16991	Mannel	18	51
16992	Manwell	18	157
16993	Maquire	18	70
16994	Marcer	18	83
16995	Mardlin	18	97
16996	Matherson	18	133
16997	Mathis	18	84
16998	Mayler	18	68
16999	Mcdowall	18	1,770
17000	Meachem	18	100