| Bedfordshire | 18 |
| Buckinghamshire | 2 |
| Berkshire | 47 |
| Cambridgeshire | 35 |
| Channel Islands | 2 |
| Cheshire | 9 |
| Cornwall | 11 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 10 |
| Dorset | 7 |
| Durham | 3 |
| Essex | 7 |
| Gloucestershire | 5 |
| Hampshire | 149 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 11 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 226 |
| Lancashire | 29 |
| Leicestershire | 4 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 129 |
| Middlesex | 25 |
| Northumberland | 25 |
| Norfolk | 235 |
| Northamptonshire | 7 |
| Nottinghamshire | 15 |
| Oxfordshire | 18 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 1 |
| Suffolk | 7 |
| Somerset | 5 |
| Surrey | 24 |
| Sussex | 20 |
| Staffordshire | 65 |
| Warwickshire | 8 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 14 |
| Yorkshire | 15 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 254 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 82 |
| Labourer | 26 |
| Domestic Servant | 17 |
| Dress Maker | 13 |
| General Labourer | 12 |
| Coal Miner | 11 |
| General Servant | 9 |
| Annuitant | 8 |
| Laundress | 7 |
| General Domestic Servant | 6 |
| Railway Porter | 5 |
| Shoe Maker | 5 |
| Laborer General | 5 |
| Brush Maker | 5 |
| Carman | 4 |
| Carpenter | 4 |
| Cook | 4 |
| Agricultural Labourer Wife | 4 |
| Farm Labourer | 4 |
| Gardener | 4 |
| General Servant Domestic | 4 |
| House Keeper | 4 |
| Labourer Wife | 4 |
| Milk Seller | 4 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Pointer | 579 |
| Mary Pointer | 533 |
| John Pointer | 475 |
| Elizabeth Pointer | 423 |
| George Pointer | 411 |
| James Pointer | 380 |
| Sarah Pointer | 369 |
| Thomas Pointer | 344 |
| Henry Pointer | 253 |
| Charles Pointer | 233 |
| Robert Pointer | 201 |
| Ann Pointer | 196 |
| Jane Pointer | 153 |
| Eliza Pointer | 143 |
| Alice Pointer | 134 |
| Emma Pointer | 127 |
| Frederick Pointer | 120 |
| Arthur Pointer | 112 |
| Ellen Pointer | 108 |
| Alfred Pointer | 105 |
| Joseph Pointer | 101 |
| Edward Pointer | 99 |
| Annie Pointer | 94 |
| Maria Pointer | 93 |
| Hannah Pointer | 89 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Painter | 86% | 31,359 |
| 2 | Pointer | 100% | 9,579 |
| 3 | Panter | 71% | 8,576 |
| 4 | Poynter | 86% | 4,930 |
| 5 | Punter | 71% | 4,066 |
| 6 | Ponter | 86% | 1,716 |
| 7 | Penter | 71% | 469 |
| 8 | Paniter | 57% | 380 |
| 9 | Pinter | 86% | 183 |
| 10 | Pontor | 71% | 168 |
The surname Pointer is the 2nd most popular variant of Painter.