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 Kesteven, 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
19601	Kesteven	13	80
19602	Keverne	13	100
19603	Keyser	13	39
19604	Kidgell	13	71
19605	Kimbley	13	68
19606	Kindleysides	13	40
19607	Kirkaldy	13	171
19608	Kislingbury	13	72
19609	Kitchenham	13	61
19610	Knife	13	84
19611	Knowling	13	119
19612	Krauss	13	67
19613	Macarthur	13	457
19614	Macdonnell	13	127
19615	Mackender	13	71
19616	Maddan	13	77
19617	Madocks	13	61
19618	Makings	13	85
19619	Manterfield	13	42
19620	Marchall	13	123
19621	Margett	13	59
19622	Maskew	13	107
19623	Mass	13	92
19624	Mayatt	13	60
19625	Mayland	13	112
19626	Mcnaught	13	1,488
19627	Mcneill	13	2,202
19628	Meadon	13	100
19629	Meier	13	60
19630	Mellis	13	481
19631	Mells	13	82
19632	Meloy	13	115
19633	Merrit	13	143
19634	Mesher	13	63
19635	Messias	13	32
19636	Messingham	13	57
19637	Meyler	13	85
19638	Midhurst	13	73
19639	Mile	13	93
19640	Minchington	13	43
19641	Mitchels	13	50
19642	Mitchley	13	124
19643	Mittell	13	51
19644	Mohr	13	68
19645	Moise	13	49
19646	Molt	13	68
19647	Monell	13	40
19648	Morfett	13	51
19649	Morning	13	110
19650	Morphy	13	70
19651	Morral	13	61
19652	Morren	13	160
19653	Morwood	13	97
19654	Mounfield	13	84
19655	Mowle	13	84
19656	Mulryan	13	43
19657	Munrow	13	104
19658	Musgreave	13	58
19659	Nangle	13	76
19660	Neel	13	67
19661	Neen	13	56
19662	Neller	13	90
19663	Nevil	13	94
19664	Newbald	13	76
19665	Noland	13	116
19666	Norfield	13	79
19667	Norford	13	57
19668	Norvill	13	93
19669	Norwell	13	110
19670	Nother	13	32
19671	Ochiltree	13	88
19672	Offley	13	128
19673	Ogles	13	70
19674	Onyett	13	59
19675	Ornsby	13	83
19676	Ostridge	13	57
19677	Otterburn	13	66
19678	Oxnard	13	52
19679	Pale	13	73
19680	Palframan	13	96
19681	Parfrey	13	68
19682	Parmer	13	111
19683	Parnel	13	72
19684	Pary	13	85
19685	Peacham	13	45
19686	Pearne	13	69
19687	Peattie	13	380
19688	Pendered	13	58
19689	Pendrey	13	61
19690	Pennycook	13	454
19691	Pepperday	13	85
19692	Person	13	118
19693	Petersen	13	184
19694	Pettipher	13	96
19695	Pettyfer	13	39
19696	Pibworth	13	82
19697	Pickburn	13	75
19698	Poat	13	55
19699	Popperwell	13	63
19700	Powton	13	72