| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 0 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 1 |
| Dorset | 11 |
| Durham | 1 |
| Essex | 12 |
| Gloucestershire | 1 |
| Hampshire | 4 |
| Herefordshire | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 5 |
| Lancashire | 0 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 9 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 1 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 2 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 3 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 1 |
| Warwickshire | 8 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 5 |
| 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 | 8 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 3 |
| Costermonger | 3 |
| Domestic Servant | 2 |
| General Servant | 2 |
| Shoe Maker | 2 |
| House Carpenter | 1 |
| Servant Groom | 1 |
| Soldier | 1 |
| Driving Boy | 1 |
| Whipper In Domestic | 1 |
| Farm Servant | 1 |
| Nurse | 1 |
| Potter | 1 |
| Labourer On Railway | 1 |
| Agricultural Laborer | 1 |
| Laundress | 1 |
| Actress | 1 |
| Servant | 1 |
| Button Cutter | 1 |
| Engraver | 1 |
| Jeweller | 1 |
| Kitchen Maid Domestic | 1 |
| Coal Miner | 1 |
| Domestic Worker | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William But | 27 |
| Mary But | 22 |
| John But | 21 |
| Elizabeth But | 18 |
| George But | 17 |
| Thomas But | 17 |
| Sarah But | 14 |
| Eliza But | 13 |
| Charles But | 11 |
| Henry But | 11 |
| James But | 11 |
| Ann But | 10 |
| Jane But | 8 |
| Emma But | 7 |
| Hannah But | 6 |
| Martha But | 6 |
| Catherine But | 5 |
| Edward But | 5 |
| Emily But | 5 |
| Joseph But | 5 |
| Richard But | 5 |
| Susan But | 5 |
| Albert But | 4 |
| Alfred But | 4 |
| Ellen But | 4 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bate | 50% | 39,237 |
| 2 | Butt | 75% | 28,839 |
| 3 | Boot | 50% | 11,937 |
| 4 | Beet | 50% | 3,890 |
| 5 | Boote | 40% | 3,252 |
| 6 | Beat | 50% | 1,079 |
| 7 | Boat | 50% | 545 |
| 8 | Beatie | 33% | 532 |
| 9 | Bute | 75% | 437 |
| 10 | But | 100% | 398 |
| 11 | Batie | 40% | 352 |
| 12 | Boit | 50% | 231 |
| 13 | Beate | 40% | 194 |
| 14 | Bat | 67% | 168 |
| 15 | Bot | 67% | 157 |
| 16 | Bout | 75% | 123 |
| 17 | Boate | 40% | 122 |
The surname But is the 10th most popular variant of Bate.