| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 35 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 10 |
| Cornwall | 21 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 7 |
| Devon | 10 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 12 |
| Essex | 2 |
| Gloucestershire | 18 |
| Hampshire | 3 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 5 |
| Lancashire | 21 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 1 |
| London | 92 |
| Middlesex | 26 |
| Northumberland | 9 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 10 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 1 |
| Surrey | 8 |
| Sussex | 4 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 4 |
| Westmorland | 5 |
| Wiltshire | 34 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 10 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 18 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 4 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| General Labourer | 6 |
| Living On Own Means | 4 |
| Dress Maker | 3 |
| House Maid Domestic | 3 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 3 |
| Cotton Weaver | 3 |
| Coal Miner | 3 |
| Farm Servant | 3 |
| Artist Painter | 2 |
| Cook Domestic | 2 |
| Housemaid Domestic | 2 |
| Laundress | 2 |
| Painter | 2 |
| Provision Factory | 2 |
| Stoker | 2 |
| Charwoman | 2 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 2 |
| Carter On Farm Agricultural Horse | 2 |
| Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Wheelwright | 2 |
| Bootmaker | 2 |
| Cow Man On Farm | 2 |
| Coal Bankman C Above Ground | 2 |
| Laundress Wash | 2 |
| Telegraphist | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Prater | 253 |
| Mary Prater | 207 |
| Elizabeth Prater | 155 |
| Thomas Prater | 130 |
| John Prater | 121 |
| Sarah Prater | 108 |
| George Prater | 93 |
| Charles Prater | 86 |
| James Prater | 68 |
| Ann Prater | 62 |
| Alfred Prater | 56 |
| Eliza Prater | 55 |
| Joseph Prater | 55 |
| Jane Prater | 51 |
| Ellen Prater | 38 |
| Henry Prater | 38 |
| Alice Prater | 36 |
| Margaret Prater | 34 |
| Fanny Prater | 31 |
| Samuel Prater | 31 |
| Emma Prater | 30 |
| Albert Prater | 29 |
| Florence Prater | 29 |
| Emily Prater | 28 |
| Martha Prater | 27 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porter | 67% | 153,311 |
| 2 | Prater | 100% | 2,928 |
| 3 | Parter | 67% | 2,242 |
| 4 | Portor | 50% | 999 |
| 5 | Preater | 86% | 872 |
| 6 | Peartree | 50% | 768 |
| 7 | Priter | 83% | 191 |
| 8 | Proter | 83% | 191 |
| 9 | Perter | 67% | 183 |
| 10 | Pratter | 86% | 129 |
| 11 | Preator | 71% | 102 |
The surname Prater is the 2nd most popular variant of Porter.