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 Sherris, 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
17101	Sherris	18	87
17102	Shipcott	18	74
17103	Show	18	84
17104	Size	18	62
17105	Skellett	18	88
17106	Skellon	18	74
17107	Skilling	18	299
17108	Skone	18	65
17109	Slark	18	132
17110	Sleap	18	93
17111	Smallcombe	18	145
17112	Smirthwaite	18	106
17113	Sockett	18	155
17114	Southernwood	18	96
17115	Spendley	18	98
17116	Spike	18	92
17117	Spouse	18	81
17118	Springhall	18	105
17119	Stanistreet	18	71
17120	Stansbie	18	79
17121	Sterne	18	107
17122	Stewert	18	140
17123	Stirman	18	60
17124	Stonebank	18	65
17125	Stredder	18	76
17126	Streeting	18	106
17127	Stubbing	18	140
17128	Stuck	18	115
17129	Stutely	18	90
17130	Suckley	18	84
17131	Sumers	18	118
17132	Summons	18	116
17133	Swetnam	18	75
17134	Tabraham	18	75
17135	Tabrett	18	72
17136	Tackley	18	82
17137	Taffe	18	107
17138	Tague	18	141
17139	Tantrum	18	93
17140	Tash	18	67
17141	Tatnall	18	60
17142	Teggin	18	100
17143	Thaxton	18	78
17144	Theophilus	18	118
17145	Thistle	18	125
17146	Thornburn	18	145
17147	Thorowgood	18	82
17148	Thorrington	18	102
17149	Thunder	18	78
17150	Timmons	18	164
17151	Tiney	18	101
17152	Tink	18	102
17153	Titshall	18	65
17154	Tock	18	108
17155	Tollemache	18	73
17156	Tollerfield	18	55
17157	Tones	18	85
17158	Toplass	18	68
17159	Towne	18	100
17160	Townshead	18	83
17161	Towsey	18	92
17162	Trail	18	548
17163	Tregear	18	145
17164	Trewhitt	18	88
17165	Trood	18	103
17166	Trull	18	101
17167	Trythall	18	130
17168	Tunmore	18	82
17169	Tyer	18	132
17170	Tyre	18	272
17171	Tysall	18	100
17172	Ulyatt	18	116
17173	Upsher	18	81
17174	Vaughen	18	58
17175	Veazey	18	64
17176	Ventura	18	37
17177	Vickary	18	113
17178	Vowden	18	63
17179	Vowels	18	108
17180	Waitt	18	122
17181	Wakem	18	107
17182	Wakenshaw	18	98
17183	Wapshott	18	84
17184	Wardel	18	95
17185	Warford	18	81
17186	Warran	18	85
17187	Wartnaby	18	91
17188	Wasdell	18	70
17189	Weech	18	78
17190	Weekly	18	118
17191	Werner	18	142
17192	Whetter	18	114
17193	Whichello	18	64
17194	Whitson	18	467
17195	Whittley	18	71
17196	Whotton	18	49
17197	Wield	18	89
17198	Wignal	18	95
17199	Wilshin	18	56
17200	Winkless	18	77