| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 5 |
| Cheshire | 4 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 3 |
| Devon | 6 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 15 |
| Essex | 80 |
| Gloucestershire | 24 |
| Hampshire | 0 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 2 |
| Lancashire | 23 |
| Leicestershire | 7 |
| Lincolnshire | 4 |
| London | 59 |
| Middlesex | 1 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 5 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 2 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 8 |
| Suffolk | 2 |
| Somerset | 16 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 17 |
| Staffordshire | 28 |
| Warwickshire | 8 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 68 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 6 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 75 |
| Coal Miner | 14 |
| Dress Maker | 6 |
| General Labourer | 5 |
| Domestic Servant | 5 |
| Annuitant | 4 |
| Tailor | 4 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 4 |
| Labourer | 4 |
| Tailoress | 3 |
| Joiner | 3 |
| Woollen Cloth Weaver | 3 |
| Farm Labourer | 3 |
| Laundress | 2 |
| House Keeper | 2 |
| Seamstress | 2 |
| Tailor & Draper | 2 |
| Grocer | 2 |
| Carpenter | 2 |
| Gardeners Son | 2 |
| Employed At Home Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Income From Dividend | 2 |
| Shoe Maker | 2 |
| Cook Keeper Domestic | 1 |
| Farm Servant Indoor | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Bretton | 173 |
| Mary Bretton | 152 |
| John Bretton | 132 |
| Elizabeth Bretton | 107 |
| George Bretton | 95 |
| Sarah Bretton | 76 |
| Thomas Bretton | 68 |
| Charles Bretton | 63 |
| Ann Bretton | 60 |
| Jane Bretton | 55 |
| James Bretton | 50 |
| Eliza Bretton | 48 |
| Joseph Bretton | 47 |
| Henry Bretton | 40 |
| Annie Bretton | 36 |
| Frederick Bretton | 35 |
| Alice Bretton | 34 |
| Ellen Bretton | 34 |
| Martha Bretton | 32 |
| Arthur Bretton | 31 |
| Emma Bretton | 31 |
| Alfred Bretton | 29 |
| Florence Bretton | 28 |
| Margaret Bretton | 28 |
| Harry Bretton | 26 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Britton | 86% | 35,805 |
| 2 | Brittain | 63% | 14,906 |
| 3 | Britten | 71% | 7,589 |
| 4 | Brittan | 71% | 4,425 |
| 5 | Bratton | 86% | 3,170 |
| 6 | Bretton | 100% | 2,567 |
| 7 | Breton | 86% | 2,272 |
| 8 | Brittian | 63% | 1,056 |
| 9 | Burtton | 71% | 618 |
| 10 | Brittin | 71% | 580 |
| 11 | Brattan | 71% | 526 |
| 12 | Brotton | 86% | 499 |
| 13 | Brutton | 86% | 429 |
| 14 | Breeton | 86% | 280 |
| 15 | Bratten | 71% | 255 |
| 16 | Bretten | 86% | 182 |
| 17 | Brettain | 75% | 166 |
| 18 | Bartton | 71% | 158 |
The surname Bretton is the 6th most popular variant of Britton.