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 Carol, with 13 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
19401	Carol	13	135
19402	Carus	13	72
19403	Casement	13	80
19404	Casselden	13	49
19405	Cathie	13	159
19406	Caulkin	13	50
19407	Cavalier	13	109
19408	Cessford	13	118
19409	Chad	13	92
19410	Chadband	13	83
19411	Champkins	13	52
19412	Charlett	13	78
19413	Chedgey	13	66
19414	Cheslin	13	54
19415	China	13	65
19416	Choyce	13	113
19417	Clasby	13	80
19418	Cleak	13	67
19419	Clemenson	13	108
19420	Cloake	13	126
19421	Clorley	13	54
19422	Clowe	13	116
19423	Clutten	13	67
19424	Cochlin	13	81
19425	Collman	13	102
19426	Colpitts	13	77
19427	Colsell	13	79
19428	Connon	13	385
19429	Coplin	13	79
19430	Cordes	13	86
19431	Corne	13	75
19432	Corton	13	97
19433	Cotrell	13	58
19434	Coucill	13	61
19435	Coulling	13	67
19436	Counsel	13	56
19437	Coutes	13	70
19438	Cowderoy	13	83
19439	Cowx	13	55
19440	Crafter	13	110
19441	Craige	13	71
19442	Cran	13	426
19443	Cranidge	13	69
19444	Cranley	13	73
19445	Crann	13	133
19446	Craythorn	13	68
19447	Crean	13	101
19448	Crinson	13	71
19449	Crispe	13	142
19450	Croxson	13	93
19451	Crozer	13	64
19452	Crummack	13	62
19453	Cubbins	13	69
19454	Cudby	13	87
19455	Culf	13	81
19456	Culpeck	13	59
19457	Cumberbirch	13	65
19458	Cundale	13	66
19459	Cursons	13	82
19460	Curt	13	48
19461	Cutress	13	60
19462	Daddy	13	65
19463	Daffurn	13	43
19464	Dagwell	13	83
19465	Daldry	13	77
19466	Darly	13	79
19467	Darney	13	89
19468	Decourcy	13	85
19469	Delahaye	13	70
19470	Delarue	13	60
19471	Delooze	13	58
19472	Demmery	13	42
19473	Derges	13	50
19474	Devane	13	37
19475	Devanney	13	52
19476	Deveraux	13	55
19477	Dewes	13	118
19478	Diddams	13	95
19479	Dodkin	13	80
19480	Doole	13	92
19481	Doubtfire	13	81
19482	Ducat	13	111
19483	Dudney	13	90
19484	Dumas	13	79
19485	Dumford	13	73
19486	Dumont	13	61
19487	Duncanson	13	579
19488	Dunger	13	74
19489	Dunkinson	13	80
19490	Dunleavy	13	93
19491	Dunley	13	60
19492	Duty	13	57
19493	Dyall	13	72
19494	Dyason	13	92
19495	Dyers	13	64
19496	Eadson	13	73
19497	Earthy	13	95
19498	Eavis	13	74
19499	Eckton	13	52
19500	Edmans	13	75