| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 21 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 4 |
| Cheshire | 11 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 17 |
| Derbyshire | 1 |
| Devon | 10 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 27 |
| Essex | 15 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 15 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 16 |
| Lancashire | 127 |
| Leicestershire | 2 |
| Lincolnshire | 9 |
| London | 141 |
| Middlesex | 13 |
| Northumberland | 8 |
| Norfolk | 1 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 3 |
| Oxfordshire | 9 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 4 |
| Suffolk | 4 |
| Somerset | 8 |
| Surrey | 53 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 17 |
| Warwickshire | 8 |
| Westmorland | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 54 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 1 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 1 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 83 |
| Farm Labourer | 9 |
| Cotton Weaver | 9 |
| Living On Own Means | 8 |
| Blacksmith | 5 |
| General Domestic Servant | 5 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 5 |
| Laundress | 5 |
| Domestic Servant | 4 |
| General Servant Domestic | 4 |
| Waiter | 4 |
| General Servant | 3 |
| Coal Miner | 3 |
| Tailoress | 3 |
| Clerk | 3 |
| Dress Maker | 3 |
| House Keeper | 3 |
| Servant Domestic | 3 |
| Draper | 3 |
| Cotton Mill Manager | 2 |
| Cotton Piecer | 2 |
| Cotton Winder | 2 |
| Housework | 2 |
| Iron Worker | 2 |
| Fitter | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Alison | 182 |
| John Alison | 134 |
| Elizabeth Alison | 129 |
| William Alison | 121 |
| Thomas Alison | 81 |
| James Alison | 79 |
| George Alison | 69 |
| Margaret Alison | 60 |
| Jane Alison | 58 |
| Charles Alison | 49 |
| Ann Alison | 48 |
| Sarah Alison | 46 |
| Joseph Alison | 44 |
| Robert Alison | 42 |
| Henry Alison | 38 |
| Alice Alison | 35 |
| Ellen Alison | 32 |
| David Alison | 24 |
| Richard Alison | 23 |
| Emma Alison | 22 |
| Harriet Alison | 20 |
| Catherine Alison | 19 |
| Florence Alison | 19 |
| Frederick Alison | 19 |
| Hannah Alison | 18 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allison | 86% | 42,869 |
| 2 | Elson | 67% | 15,467 |
| 3 | Leeson | 50% | 12,430 |
| 4 | Olsen | 50% | 4,029 |
| 5 | Leason | 50% | 3,324 |
| 6 | Alison | 100% | 2,372 |
| 7 | Olson | 67% | 1,437 |
| 8 | Alson | 83% | 644 |
| 9 | Elison | 83% | 580 |
| 10 | Lauson | 50% | 550 |
| 11 | Luson | 67% | 457 |
| 12 | Lison | 83% | 309 |
| 13 | Lason | 67% | 187 |
| 14 | Eleson | 67% | 135 |
| 15 | Alsen | 67% | 111 |
| 16 | Leson | 67% | 107 |
| 17 | Ealson | 67% | 103 |
| 18 | Ilson | 67% | 101 |
The surname Alison is the 6th most popular variant of Allison.