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 Prees, 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
19701	Prees	13	63
19702	Prenton	13	52
19703	Prestwick	13	95
19704	Prigmore	13	68
19705	Prike	13	133
19706	Proverbs	13	56
19707	Pruett	13	74
19708	Pumford	13	81
19709	Purkins	13	82
19710	Pyer	13	51
19711	Quarton	13	105
19712	Rabbetts	13	90
19713	Raisin	13	73
19714	Raitt	13	268
19715	Ramus	13	55
19716	Randel	13	151
19717	Ranken	13	185
19718	Ranyard	13	96
19719	Rattey	13	53
19720	Rayns	13	50
19721	Redgrove	13	73
19722	Redmill	13	73
19723	Reffell	13	91
19724	Retford	13	83
19725	Reville	13	82
19726	Rial	13	65
19727	Ricardo	13	63
19728	Rigler	13	80
19729	Robbin	13	66
19730	Rosbotham	13	55
19731	Rountree	13	85
19732	Rowbottam	13	72
19733	Rowthorn	13	38
19734	Rudlin	13	86
19735	Rymell	13	77
19736	Samuell	13	56
19737	Samway	13	61
19738	Saye	13	51
19739	Schiller	13	52
19740	Schroeder	13	100
19741	Schutz	13	80
19742	Schwarz	13	106
19743	Schweitzer	13	93
19744	Scoffham	13	58
19745	Searls	13	108
19746	Selvester	13	65
19747	Semark	13	72
19748	Setford	13	51
19749	Sevenoaks	13	68
19750	Shallis	13	93
19751	Sheahan	13	67
19752	Sheel	13	75
19753	Shemeld	13	91
19754	Sheridon	13	81
19755	Shetton	13	46
19756	Shimmon	13	36
19757	Shubrook	13	46
19758	Siggery	13	75
19759	Sillery	13	33
19760	Simpon	13	44
19761	Sinnock	13	97
19762	Skin	13	64
19763	Slatford	13	86
19764	Smitheman	13	69
19765	Smitheram	13	101
19766	Smitton	13	161
19767	Smye	13	83
19768	Snedker	13	66
19769	Sowton	13	86
19770	Speers	13	92
19771	Sprawson	13	66
19772	Sprinks	13	104
19773	Spurdle	13	81
19774	Stairmand	13	46
19775	Standidge	13	78
19776	Stanham	13	84
19777	Starmore	13	50
19778	Starns	13	54
19779	Stathers	13	105
19780	Statters	13	71
19781	Steeden	13	95
19782	Stevins	13	65
19783	Stledger	13	63
19784	Stores	13	85
19785	Stovin	13	82
19786	Stpier	13	44
19787	Strangeways	13	104
19788	Stripe	13	98
19789	Stuteley	13	45
19790	Sumnall	13	56
19791	Swannack	13	61
19792	Swiers	13	60
19793	Tabberner	13	74
19794	Taff	13	135
19795	Tearne	13	64
19796	Tebbitt	13	119
19797	Temlett	13	70
19798	Thurbon	13	61
19799	Thurlwell	13	71
19800	Titmas	13	105