| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 2 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 1 |
| Dorset | 38 |
| Durham | 0 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 12 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 6 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 5 |
| Lancashire | 0 |
| Leicestershire | 1 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 79 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 3 |
| Suffolk | 1 |
| Somerset | 5 |
| Surrey | 4 |
| Sussex | 9 |
| Staffordshire | 1 |
| Warwickshire | 1 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 27 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 4 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 1 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 6 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 25 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 9 |
| Stone Mason | 8 |
| House Servant | 6 |
| Mason | 5 |
| Occupier Of 110 Acres Land Employing 3 Men & 2 Boy | 3 |
| Porter | 3 |
| Servant | 3 |
| Nurse | 2 |
| House Maid | 2 |
| Mariner | 2 |
| Nurse Maid | 2 |
| Compositor | 2 |
| Fancy Worker | 2 |
| Shoe Maker | 2 |
| Supported By Family | 2 |
| Railway Station Masters Son | 2 |
| School Mistress | 2 |
| Agricultual Labourer | 2 |
| Wife | 2 |
| Railway Station Master | 1 |
| Railway Station Masters Daur | 1 |
| Railway Station Masters Wife | 1 |
| Station Masters Son | 1 |
| School Master | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Besant | 189 |
| Mary Besant | 132 |
| Sarah Besant | 97 |
| George Besant | 95 |
| Henry Besant | 87 |
| Elizabeth Besant | 79 |
| John Besant | 75 |
| Thomas Besant | 67 |
| James Besant | 63 |
| Charles Besant | 57 |
| Joseph Besant | 54 |
| Alice Besant | 43 |
| Annie Besant | 40 |
| Jane Besant | 40 |
| Ann Besant | 39 |
| Ellen Besant | 34 |
| Eliza Besant | 33 |
| Louisa Besant | 32 |
| Robert Besant | 30 |
| Maria Besant | 29 |
| Alfred Besant | 27 |
| Arthur Besant | 27 |
| Emily Besant | 27 |
| Frederick Besant | 25 |
| Edith Besant | 23 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bessant | 86% | 4,618 |
| 2 | Besant | 100% | 2,497 |
| 3 | Beasant | 86% | 2,488 |
| 4 | Bezant | 83% | 676 |
| 5 | Bezzant | 71% | 562 |
| 6 | Besent | 83% | 252 |
| 7 | Bosant | 83% | 199 |
| 8 | Basnet | 50% | 177 |
| 9 | Beasent | 71% | 113 |
The surname Besant is the 2nd most popular variant of Bessant.