1881 census occupation

School surnames in the 1881 census

This page lists surnames most often recorded with the occupation School in 1881. Occupational titles are shown as recorded and transcribed, so similar jobs, variant spellings and mistakes can appear separately.

Occupation summary

1,289 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 5,160 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Bell, with 59 people recorded as School.

Surnames most linked with School

These figures count people whose occupation was recorded under this exact title. A related job may appear under a separate spelling, so this is best read as a census snapshot rather than a cleaned modern job category.

#	Surname	People	1881 total
1	Bell	59	56,099
2	Dunn	39	24,868
3	Ball	36	24,730
4	Gray	33	42,727
5	Burns	24	20,128
6	Pratt	24	17,181
7	Buckley	23	16,269
8	Campbell	21	50,681
9	Doyle	20	7,258
10	Frost	20	16,800
11	George	19	17,545
12	Fitzpatrick	18	4,393
13	Griffith	18	9,759
14	Knott	17	5,941
15	Meredith	17	6,044
16	Barnett	16	13,495
17	Connor	16	8,809
18	Dyer	16	11,556
19	Tomlinson	16	13,809
20	Beard	15	7,871
21	Carney	14	2,699
22	Conway	14	5,592
23	Dickinson	14	12,771
24	Duffy	14	6,593
25	Fleming	14	12,501
26	Avery	13	5,002
27	Barry	13	5,349
28	Burge	13	2,169
29	Clements	13	9,906
30	Fraser	13	26,732
31	Maguire	13	3,040
32	Mew	13	633
33	Osborn	13	6,245
34	Peters	13	10,486
35	William	13	2,560
36	Willitts	13	217
37	Armitage	12	7,647
38	Brannan	12	2,025
39	Carroll	12	6,003
40	Cavanagh	12	2,255
41	Chandler	12	9,606
42	Childs	12	5,492
43	Douglas	12	14,546
44	Drew	12	7,882
45	Gould	12	10,773
46	Ogden	12	8,483
47	Ray	12	5,660
48	Sharples	12	5,244
49	Sims	12	8,964
50	Wheaton	12	614
51	Cain	11	5,421
52	Crossley	11	8,227
53	Fenton	11	5,969
54	Kitson	11	2,390
55	Parkin	11	8,063
56	Quinn	11	5,716
57	Welsh	11	11,869
58	Wilks	11	4,707
59	Ashman	10	1,934
60	Blackmore	10	4,297
61	Cash	10	1,984
62	Gates	10	4,641
63	Gregson	10	4,146
64	Hampton	10	4,577
65	Kenny	10	3,596
66	Mansfield	10	5,616
67	Mumford	10	2,889
68	Pepperell	10	510
69	Quick	10	3,336
70	Slade	10	5,958
71	Standing	10	1,909
72	Westbrook	10	1,384
73	Aston	9	4,957
74	Bostock	9	2,810
75	Broadbent	9	6,399
76	Flynn	9	5,709
77	Hague	9	4,719
78	Pass	9	1,461
79	Roach	9	4,371
80	Sandham	9	767
81	Sawyer	9	5,516
82	Sloane	9	688
83	Stocks	9	3,256
84	Allan	8	18,828
85	Ashley	8	4,991
86	Bayliss	8	3,786
87	Blackwell	8	5,459
88	Boydell	8	468
89	Brooke	8	4,465
90	Chivers	8	2,637
91	Clack	8	1,190
92	Cleary	8	1,235
93	Crane	8	6,295
94	Dash	8	572
95	Dunstan	8	1,694
96	Gilder	8	780
97	Keeling	8	2,610
98	Kinsey	8	1,960
99	Knights	8	2,619
100	Knox	8	5,144