| Bedfordshire | 2 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 13 |
| Cornwall | 12 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 5 |
| Devon | 7 |
| Dorset | 14 |
| Durham | 59 |
| Essex | 11 |
| Gloucestershire | 4 |
| Hampshire | 5 |
| Herefordshire | 3 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 2 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 4 |
| Lancashire | 33 |
| Leicestershire | 5 |
| Lincolnshire | 13 |
| London | 53 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 7 |
| Norfolk | 31 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 6 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 2 |
| Shropshire | 5 |
| Suffolk | 24 |
| Somerset | 13 |
| Surrey | 13 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 17 |
| Warwickshire | 17 |
| Westmorland | 5 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 334 |
| 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 | 5 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 96 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 34 |
| House Servant | 14 |
| Labourer | 13 |
| At Home | 12 |
| Farm Labourer | 9 |
| Dress Maker | 8 |
| Tailor | 7 |
| Carpenter | 6 |
| Farmer | 6 |
| Manufacturing Of Straw Plaiter | 6 |
| Coal Miner | 4 |
| House Keeper | 4 |
| Groom | 4 |
| Servant | 4 |
| Son | 4 |
| Joiner | 3 |
| Labourer Wife | 3 |
| Watch Maker | 3 |
| Platter | 3 |
| General Servant | 3 |
| Infant | 3 |
| Pauper | 3 |
| Smith | 3 |
| Wife Of Above | 3 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Prest | 562 |
| John Prest | 543 |
| William Prest | 537 |
| Thomas Prest | 383 |
| Elizabeth Prest | 380 |
| George Prest | 299 |
| Sarah Prest | 259 |
| Jane Prest | 247 |
| James Prest | 208 |
| Ann Prest | 185 |
| Margaret Prest | 174 |
| Charles Prest | 167 |
| Robert Prest | 160 |
| Edward Prest | 115 |
| Hannah Prest | 113 |
| Annie Prest | 108 |
| Henry Prest | 107 |
| Alice Prest | 105 |
| Joseph Prest | 100 |
| Ellen Prest | 95 |
| Richard Prest | 82 |
| Isabella Prest | 81 |
| Alfred Prest | 70 |
| Frederick Prest | 69 |
| Emma Prest | 68 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priest | 83% | 26,449 |
| 2 | Prest | 100% | 7,821 |
| 3 | Prust | 80% | 1,884 |
| 4 | Prost | 80% | 735 |
| 5 | Prist | 80% | 717 |
| 6 | Preest | 83% | 371 |
| 7 | Preist | 83% | 340 |
| 8 | Prestt | 83% | 328 |
| 9 | Prestoe | 71% | 142 |
| 10 | Preast | 83% | 114 |
The surname Prest is the 2nd most popular variant of Priest.