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 Gowdy, with 12 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
20101	Gowdy	12	52
20102	Gran	12	81
20103	Grandidge	12	75
20104	Gravatt	12	78
20105	Grear	12	138
20106	Greatrix	12	139
20107	Gresley	12	113
20108	Grimster	12	80
20109	Gringer	12	60
20110	Gurnsey	12	46
20111	Hackland	12	46
20112	Hage	12	99
20113	Haggarth	12	29
20114	Hainge	12	69
20115	Hakin	12	65
20116	Hallums	12	40
20117	Hammick	12	60
20118	Hamshere	12	42
20119	Hannaway	12	62
20120	Hannibal	12	63
20121	Hardyman	12	105
20122	Hargroves	12	40
20123	Harington	12	75
20124	Harnes	12	46
20125	Indge	12	77
20126	Ingoe	12	55
20127	Jaffray	12	419
20128	Jalland	12	72
20129	Jandrell	12	82
20130	Jeakins	12	60
20131	Jenkings	12	104
20132	Jennion	12	42
20133	Jenny	12	51
20134	Jeram	12	86
20135	Jesney	12	76
20136	Joad	12	63
20137	Jobber	12	73
20138	Jobe	12	34
20139	Jobes	12	53
20140	Jodrell	12	87
20141	Jonson	12	187
20142	Kahn	12	71
20143	Kassell	12	43
20144	Keale	12	33
20145	Keight	12	54
20146	Keilly	12	58
20147	Keily	12	92
20148	Kelby	12	102
20149	Kelvey	12	42
20150	Kenshole	12	82
20151	Kercher	12	60
20152	Kieran	12	45
20153	Kile	12	65
20154	Killington	12	76
20155	Kirchin	12	67
20156	Kissock	12	121
20157	Knobbs	12	60
20158	Kruger	12	108
20159	Mabbitt	12	63
20160	Mableson	12	70
20161	Macbean	12	243
20162	Macnally	12	76
20163	Madgett	12	103
20164	Malon	12	95
20165	Mandall	12	57
20166	Marfield	12	55
20167	Marke	12	86
20168	Marmion	12	96
20169	Marrows	12	94
20170	Marwick	12	361
20171	Masheder	12	71
20172	Massa	12	48
20173	Mathewman	12	98
20174	Matten	12	83
20175	Mawley	12	74
20176	Maye	12	113
20177	Mayles	12	101
20178	Mccracken	12	1,265
20179	Mccutcheon	12	762
20180	Mcgough	12	585
20181	Mciver	12	2,510
20182	Mckean	12	1,256
20183	Mclelland	12	915
20184	Meddows	12	89
20185	Meed	12	94
20186	Megan	12	66
20187	Membury	12	55
20188	Mensforth	12	69
20189	Merrigan	12	62
20190	Methven	12	685
20191	Middlebrough	12	70
20192	Milhench	12	65
20193	Mindham	12	86
20194	Mintoft	12	53
20195	Mitham	12	62
20196	Mockler	12	52
20197	Mokes	12	56
20198	Molden	12	80
20199	Moncur	12	591
20200	Mothershaw	12	56