| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 2 |
| Cambridgeshire | 6 |
| Channel Islands | 2 |
| Cheshire | 0 |
| Cornwall | 3 |
| Cumberland | 2 |
| Derbyshire | 9 |
| Devon | 6 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 9 |
| Essex | 53 |
| Gloucestershire | 23 |
| Hampshire | 9 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 6 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 21 |
| Lancashire | 58 |
| Leicestershire | 3 |
| Lincolnshire | 13 |
| London | 113 |
| Middlesex | 7 |
| Northumberland | 1 |
| Norfolk | 6 |
| Northamptonshire | 5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 3 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 11 |
| Surrey | 4 |
| Sussex | 9 |
| Staffordshire | 12 |
| Warwickshire | 34 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 6 |
| Yorkshire | 110 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 21 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 5 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 93 |
| Coal Miner | 12 |
| Dress Maker | 8 |
| Living On Own Means | 7 |
| Farmer | 6 |
| Domestic Servant | 6 |
| General Labourer | 6 |
| Labourer | 6 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 5 |
| Cotton Weaver | 5 |
| Carpenter | 4 |
| Butcher | 3 |
| Carman | 3 |
| General Servant Domestic | 3 |
| House Maid | 3 |
| Woollen Weaver | 3 |
| Grocer | 2 |
| Farm Labourer | 2 |
| Farm Servant | 2 |
| House Painter | 2 |
| General Servant | 2 |
| Baker | 2 |
| Colliery Labourer | 2 |
| Ostler Groom | 2 |
| Traveller | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Bretton | 173 |
| Mary Bretton | 152 |
| John Bretton | 132 |
| Elizabeth Bretton | 107 |
| George Bretton | 95 |
| Sarah Bretton | 76 |
| Thomas Bretton | 68 |
| Charles Bretton | 63 |
| Ann Bretton | 60 |
| Jane Bretton | 55 |
| James Bretton | 50 |
| Eliza Bretton | 48 |
| Joseph Bretton | 47 |
| Henry Bretton | 40 |
| Annie Bretton | 36 |
| Frederick Bretton | 35 |
| Alice Bretton | 34 |
| Ellen Bretton | 34 |
| Martha Bretton | 32 |
| Arthur Bretton | 31 |
| Emma Bretton | 31 |
| Alfred Bretton | 29 |
| Florence Bretton | 28 |
| Margaret Bretton | 28 |
| Harry Bretton | 26 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Britton | 86% | 35,805 |
| 2 | Brittain | 63% | 14,906 |
| 3 | Britten | 71% | 7,589 |
| 4 | Brittan | 71% | 4,425 |
| 5 | Bratton | 86% | 3,170 |
| 6 | Bretton | 100% | 2,567 |
| 7 | Breton | 86% | 2,272 |
| 8 | Brittian | 63% | 1,056 |
| 9 | Burtton | 71% | 618 |
| 10 | Brittin | 71% | 580 |
| 11 | Brattan | 71% | 526 |
| 12 | Brotton | 86% | 499 |
| 13 | Brutton | 86% | 429 |
| 14 | Breeton | 86% | 280 |
| 15 | Bratten | 71% | 255 |
| 16 | Bretten | 86% | 182 |
| 17 | Brettain | 75% | 166 |
| 18 | Bartton | 71% | 158 |
The surname Bretton is the 6th most popular variant of Britton.