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 Woody, with 14 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
19301	Woody	14	73
19302	Wrack	14	101
19303	Wressell	14	86
19304	Yole	14	78
19305	Yuill	14	646
19306	Ackling	13	64
19307	Addie	13	331
19308	Agland	13	101
19309	Aikin	13	111
19310	Airley	13	98
19311	Alfred	13	125
19312	Alvarez	13	31
19313	Alwood	13	95
19314	Annakin	13	84
19315	Archibold	13	55
19316	Argles	13	51
19317	Armond	13	60
19318	Artley	13	52
19319	Asbery	13	62
19320	Ashill	13	63
19321	Atcheson	13	84
19322	Atherden	13	55
19323	Auburn	13	95
19324	Austerberry	13	66
19325	Avins	13	75
19326	Aviss	13	80
19327	Axell	13	55
19328	Ayer	13	125
19329	Bagby	13	49
19330	Baghurst	13	71
19331	Baglow	13	63
19332	Ballett	13	70
19333	Barbary	13	75
19334	Bartles	13	69
19335	Bartrip	13	67
19336	Bassom	13	42
19337	Batterbury	13	51
19338	Baume	13	116
19339	Baxby	13	49
19340	Bazely	13	65
19341	Beam	13	81
19342	Beats	13	64
19343	Beckman	13	64
19344	Bedborough	13	60
19345	Bedlow	13	65
19346	Beeforth	13	64
19347	Bellaby	13	84
19348	Berrell	13	77
19349	Bertie	13	239
19350	Berton	13	76
19351	Beth	13	36
19352	Biddleston	13	45
19353	Billups	13	49
19354	Binsted	13	100
19355	Bizzell	13	53
19356	Blachford	13	55
19357	Blackbourne	13	75
19358	Blanden	13	59
19359	Blumfield	13	75
19360	Blythin	13	79
19361	Bock	13	102
19362	Boddice	13	54
19363	Bodey	13	57
19364	Bointon	13	47
19365	Boltwood	13	82
19366	Borrie	13	145
19367	Borth	13	59
19368	Boughtwood	13	65
19369	Boulby	13	105
19370	Bovis	13	96
19371	Bowdery	13	99
19372	Bownass	13	72
19373	Brabbs	13	104
19374	Brackpool	13	73
19375	Bradbery	13	67
19376	Bradnum	13	33
19377	Braniff	13	55
19378	Brattle	13	61
19379	Brenkley	13	66
19380	Brennon	13	131
19381	Brining	13	60
19382	Brinkhurst	13	63
19383	Brockelsby	13	69
19384	Brodbent	13	64
19385	Browes	13	72
19386	Bruerton	13	44
19387	Bunell	13	94
19388	Bunford	13	76
19389	Burtonshaw	13	109
19390	Cabe	13	47
19391	Caddock	13	58
19392	Cadwallender	13	52
19393	Calaghan	13	104
19394	Callanan	13	58
19395	Callcut	13	59
19396	Campfield	13	66
19397	Cannard	13	67
19398	Canwell	13	84
19399	Carloss	13	83
19400	Carlson	13	117