| Bedfordshire | 5 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 15 |
| Channel Islands | 8 |
| Cheshire | 6 |
| Cornwall | 12 |
| Cumberland | 22 |
| Derbyshire | 9 |
| Devon | 19 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Durham | 18 |
| Essex | 37 |
| Gloucestershire | 7 |
| Hampshire | 53 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 5 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 2 |
| Isle of Man | 8 |
| Kent | 48 |
| Lancashire | 63 |
| Leicestershire | 20 |
| Lincolnshire | 18 |
| London | 179 |
| Middlesex | 28 |
| Northumberland | 8 |
| Norfolk | 3 |
| Northamptonshire | 62 |
| Nottinghamshire | 43 |
| Oxfordshire | 5 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 2 |
| Shropshire | 7 |
| Suffolk | 45 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 10 |
| Sussex | 5 |
| Staffordshire | 4 |
| Warwickshire | 16 |
| Westmorland | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 2 |
| Yorkshire | 80 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 1 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 1 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 150 |
| Living On Own Means | 28 |
| General Labourer | 8 |
| Coal Miner | 7 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 7 |
| Laundress | 6 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 6 |
| Domestic Servant | 6 |
| Tailor | 6 |
| Labourer | 6 |
| Painter | 5 |
| General Servant | 5 |
| Farmer | 5 |
| House Keeper | 4 |
| General Servant Domestic | 4 |
| Civil Engineer | 4 |
| Lace Maker | 4 |
| Clerk | 4 |
| Gardener | 3 |
| Milliner | 3 |
| House Maid Domestic Servant | 3 |
| House Painter | 3 |
| Beef Butcher | 3 |
| Butcher | 3 |
| Boot Upper Closer | 3 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Colson | 356 |
| Mary Colson | 341 |
| John Colson | 278 |
| Elizabeth Colson | 233 |
| George Colson | 213 |
| Thomas Colson | 195 |
| Sarah Colson | 162 |
| Charles Colson | 135 |
| James Colson | 118 |
| Jane Colson | 116 |
| Ann Colson | 105 |
| Henry Colson | 105 |
| Eliza Colson | 87 |
| Emma Colson | 84 |
| Frederick Colson | 76 |
| Alfred Colson | 75 |
| Ellen Colson | 75 |
| Edward Colson | 70 |
| Emily Colson | 70 |
| Alice Colson | 60 |
| Arthur Colson | 56 |
| Lucy Colson | 55 |
| Maria Colson | 55 |
| Louisa Colson | 52 |
| Robert Colson | 52 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coulson | 86% | 36,261 |
| 2 | Colson | 100% | 5,415 |
| 3 | Coalson | 86% | 709 |
| 4 | Caulson | 71% | 578 |
| 5 | Coleson | 86% | 250 |
| 6 | Clausen | 43% | 189 |
| 7 | Calson | 83% | 162 |
| 8 | Clason | 67% | 131 |
| 9 | Culson | 83% | 114 |
The surname Colson is the 2nd most popular variant of Coulson.