| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 8 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 4 |
| Derbyshire | 3 |
| Devon | 9 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 2 |
| Essex | 138 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 10 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 7 |
| Kent | 4 |
| Lancashire | 463 |
| Leicestershire | 8 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 152 |
| Middlesex | 1 |
| Northumberland | 4 |
| Norfolk | 7 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 3 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 68 |
| Somerset | 10 |
| Surrey | 5 |
| Sussex | 9 |
| Staffordshire | 5 |
| Warwickshire | 25 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 19 |
| 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 | 116 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 28 |
| House Servant | 13 |
| House Keeper | 13 |
| Labourer | 13 |
| At Home | 11 |
| Dress Maker | 11 |
| Farm Labourer | 10 |
| Cotton Weaver | 9 |
| Farmers Wife | 8 |
| Hand Loom Weaver Cotton | 8 |
| Laundress | 7 |
| Tailor | 7 |
| Annuitant | 7 |
| Cotton Spinner | 6 |
| Farmer's Wife | 6 |
| School Master Son | 6 |
| Bobbin Turner | 5 |
| Farmer's Daughter | 5 |
| Farmer's Son | 5 |
| Lime Burner | 5 |
| Farmer | 4 |
| Scholar At Home | 4 |
| Straw Platter | 4 |
| Wife | 4 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Alston | 677 |
| William Alston | 640 |
| John Alston | 603 |
| Thomas Alston | 443 |
| James Alston | 426 |
| Elizabeth Alston | 421 |
| Alice Alston | 281 |
| George Alston | 254 |
| Jane Alston | 245 |
| Margaret Alston | 241 |
| Sarah Alston | 236 |
| Richard Alston | 225 |
| Robert Alston | 221 |
| Ellen Alston | 215 |
| Ann Alston | 207 |
| Edward Alston | 190 |
| Henry Alston | 167 |
| Joseph Alston | 150 |
| Eliza Alston | 111 |
| Annie Alston | 105 |
| Charles Alston | 102 |
| Emma Alston | 102 |
| Alfred Alston | 92 |
| Emily Alston | 89 |
| Isabella Alston | 79 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elston | 83% | 11,432 |
| 2 | Alston | 100% | 10,423 |
| 3 | Elstone | 71% | 2,235 |
| 4 | Liston | 67% | 1,668 |
| 5 | Luston | 67% | 1,146 |
| 6 | Alstone | 86% | 532 |
| 7 | Leston | 67% | 390 |
| 8 | Eliston | 71% | 368 |
| 9 | Allston | 86% | 353 |
| 10 | Laston | 67% | 254 |
| 11 | Listen | 50% | 224 |
| 12 | Lustin | 50% | 127 |
| 13 | Ilston | 83% | 121 |
The surname Alston is the 2nd most popular variant of Elston.