| Bedfordshire | 4 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 0 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 5 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 1 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 0 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 0 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 0 |
| Lancashire | 6 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 1 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 0 |
| Westmorland | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 0 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 2 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 1 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 10 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 6 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 3 |
| House Servant | 2 |
| Labourer Daur | 2 |
| Card Room | 2 |
| Shoe Maker | 2 |
| Plaiter | 1 |
| Day Labourer | 1 |
| Labourer Son | 1 |
| Labourer Wife | 1 |
| Scholar At Home | 1 |
| Miner Daur | 1 |
| Servant | 1 |
| Shoe Maker Employing 3 Man | 1 |
| Shoe Maker Wife | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Proter | 17 |
| William Proter | 11 |
| John Proter | 9 |
| James Proter | 8 |
| Elizabeth Proter | 7 |
| Sarah Proter | 7 |
| Alice Proter | 6 |
| Ann Proter | 6 |
| Hannah Proter | 5 |
| Thomas Proter | 5 |
| George Proter | 4 |
| Richard Proter | 4 |
| Robert Proter | 4 |
| Emily Proter | 3 |
| Lucy Proter | 3 |
| Martha Proter | 3 |
| Samuel Proter | 3 |
| Annie Proter | 2 |
| Beatrice Proter | 2 |
| Betsy Proter | 2 |
| Catherine Proter | 2 |
| Charles Proter | 2 |
| Daniel Proter | 2 |
| David Proter | 2 |
| Deborah Proter | 2 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porter | 67% | 153,311 |
| 2 | Prater | 83% | 2,928 |
| 3 | Parter | 67% | 2,242 |
| 4 | Portor | 50% | 999 |
| 5 | Preater | 71% | 872 |
| 6 | Peartree | 38% | 768 |
| 7 | Priter | 83% | 191 |
| 8 | Proter | 100% | 191 |
| 9 | Perter | 67% | 183 |
| 10 | Preator | 57% | 102 |
The surname Proter is the 8th most popular variant of Porter.