| Bedfordshire | 6 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 0 |
| Cornwall | 1 |
| Cumberland | 2 |
| Derbyshire | 3 |
| Devon | 31 |
| Dorset | 2 |
| Durham | 10 |
| Essex | 49 |
| Gloucestershire | 9 |
| Hampshire | 5 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 2 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 5 |
| Lancashire | 31 |
| Leicestershire | 4 |
| Lincolnshire | 6 |
| London | 55 |
| Middlesex | 12 |
| Northumberland | 2 |
| Norfolk | 6 |
| Northamptonshire | 3 |
| Nottinghamshire | 5 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 1 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 23 |
| Surrey | 1 |
| Sussex | 7 |
| Staffordshire | 1 |
| Warwickshire | 5 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 7 |
| Yorkshire | 141 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 22 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 4 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Farm Labourer | 6 |
| Own Means | 6 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 5 |
| Living On Own Means | 5 |
| Coal Hewer | 4 |
| Farmer | 4 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 4 |
| Tailoress | 3 |
| Grocer Assistant | 3 |
| Joiner | 3 |
| Colliery Labourer Under Ground Below | 3 |
| Dress Maker | 3 |
| Carpenter | 3 |
| Butcher | 2 |
| Cook Domestic | 2 |
| House Maid Domestic | 2 |
| Servant Domestic | 2 |
| Assistant School Mistress | 2 |
| Blast Furnace | 2 |
| Coal Miner & Hewer | 2 |
| Coal Miner C Hewer | 2 |
| Colliery Labourer (under Ground) | 2 |
| Agricultural Farm Labourer | 2 |
| Carman | 2 |
| Charwoman | 2 |
| 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.