| Bedfordshire | 3 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 5 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 2 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 6 |
| Essex | 4 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 1 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 5 |
| Lancashire | 5 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 32 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 87 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 106 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 0 |
| Westmorland | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 52 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 4 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 36 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 21 |
| Labourer | 8 |
| Dress Maker | 8 |
| House Servant | 8 |
| Farmers Wife | 6 |
| Farm Labourer | 6 |
| Shoe Maker | 4 |
| Farm Servant | 4 |
| Labourer's Son | 4 |
| Factory Apprentice | 3 |
| Farmers Son | 3 |
| Labourer Wife | 3 |
| Labourer's Wife | 3 |
| Assistant | 2 |
| Carpenter | 2 |
| Book Binder | 2 |
| Nurse | 2 |
| Groom | 2 |
| Hand Loom Weaver | 2 |
| Handloom Weaver | 2 |
| Home | 2 |
| Pauper | 2 |
| Dairy Servant | 1 |
| Errand Boy | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Boast | 336 |
| Mary Boast | 255 |
| George Boast | 193 |
| John Boast | 193 |
| Robert Boast | 165 |
| Elizabeth Boast | 154 |
| James Boast | 154 |
| Sarah Boast | 126 |
| Thomas Boast | 105 |
| Charles Boast | 98 |
| Henry Boast | 92 |
| Alice Boast | 86 |
| Samuel Boast | 78 |
| Ellen Boast | 73 |
| Ann Boast | 71 |
| Hannah Boast | 68 |
| Frederick Boast | 60 |
| Arthur Boast | 56 |
| Emma Boast | 56 |
| Harry Boast | 56 |
| Annie Boast | 55 |
| Alfred Boast | 52 |
| Herbert Boast | 52 |
| Charlotte Boast | 51 |
| Edward Boast | 51 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | 60% | 55,399 |
| 2 | Boast | 100% | 4,576 |
| 3 | Bust | 60% | 2,182 |
| 4 | Buist | 60% | 997 |
| 5 | Bist | 60% | 526 |
| 6 | Bost | 80% | 512 |
| 7 | Boost | 80% | 366 |
| 8 | Beast | 80% | 213 |
| 9 | Bast | 80% | 210 |
| 10 | Bisat | 40% | 172 |
| 11 | Beste | 40% | 140 |
The surname Boast is the 2nd most popular variant of Best.