| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 0 |
| Cornwall | 2 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 35 |
| Dorset | 6 |
| Durham | 0 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 1 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 1 |
| Lancashire | 4 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 2 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 1 |
| Somerset | 16 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 6 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 2 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 11 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 1 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 18 |
| Labourer | 4 |
| Farm Servant In Door | 2 |
| Laundress | 2 |
| Baker | 1 |
| Carter | 1 |
| Cripple From Birth | 1 |
| Domestic Servant | 1 |
| Drillman Agricultural Labourer | 1 |
| Farm Labourer | 1 |
| Farm Servant Indoor | 1 |
| Farmer 13 Acres | 1 |
| Farmer 52 Acres | 1 |
| Farmers Son | 1 |
| Servant | 1 |
| Servant Domestic | 1 |
| Working At Silk Factory | 1 |
| Works At Silk Factory | 1 |
| A B Seaman | 1 |
| General Servant Domestic | 1 |
| Shoemakers Wife | 1 |
| Fisher Man | 1 |
| Fisher Mans Wife | 1 |
| House Maid Domestic Servant | 1 |
| Still Roommaid Domestic Servant | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Bess | 54 |
| John Bess | 44 |
| Mary Bess | 43 |
| Elizabeth Bess | 30 |
| George Bess | 28 |
| James Bess | 28 |
| Sarah Bess | 28 |
| Charles Bess | 23 |
| Thomas Bess | 20 |
| Jane Bess | 14 |
| Emily Bess | 13 |
| Ann Bess | 12 |
| Eliza Bess | 11 |
| Edith Bess | 10 |
| Emma Bess | 10 |
| Joseph Bess | 10 |
| Louisa Bess | 10 |
| David Bess | 9 |
| Ellen Bess | 9 |
| Henry Bess | 9 |
| Alfred Bess | 8 |
| Frank Bess | 8 |
| Maria Bess | 8 |
| Edward Bess | 7 |
| Robert Bess | 7 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bass | 75% | 23,795 |
| 2 | Buss | 75% | 7,296 |
| 3 | Boss | 75% | 4,749 |
| 4 | Bees | 75% | 4,440 |
| 5 | Biss | 75% | 3,833 |
| 6 | Beese | 60% | 1,721 |
| 7 | Bess | 100% | 751 |
| 8 | Bessie | 67% | 315 |
| 9 | Baiss | 60% | 254 |
| 10 | Bease | 60% | 192 |
| 11 | Busse | 60% | 154 |
| 12 | Besse | 80% | 136 |
The surname Bess is the 7th most popular variant of Bass.