| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 21 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 56 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 5 |
| Derbyshire | 14 |
| Devon | 10 |
| Dorset | 6 |
| Durham | 1 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 9 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 4 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 0 |
| Lancashire | 174 |
| Leicestershire | 1 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 66 |
| Middlesex | 1 |
| Northumberland | 1 |
| Norfolk | 3 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 4 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 7 |
| Somerset | 2 |
| Surrey | 2 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 46 |
| Warwickshire | 9 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 7 |
| Worcestershire | 7 |
| Yorkshire | 19 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 1 |
| Merionethshire | 1 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 3 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Living On Own Means | 11 |
| Cotton Weaver | 5 |
| General Labourer | 5 |
| At School | 4 |
| Dock Labourer | 4 |
| Domestic Servant | 3 |
| Charwoman | 3 |
| General Servant Domestic | 3 |
| School | 3 |
| Railway Labourer | 3 |
| Railway Porter | 3 |
| Laundress Wash | 3 |
| Cabinet Maker | 2 |
| Candle Maker | 2 |
| Commercial Clerk | 2 |
| Domestic | 2 |
| House Maid Domestic | 2 |
| Laundress | 2 |
| Blacksmith | 2 |
| Calico Print Work Labourer | 2 |
| Railway Goods Checker | 2 |
| Student | 2 |
| Solicitor | 2 |
| Cop Winder Thread Mill | 2 |
| Cotton Doubler | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Ferns | 203 |
| John Ferns | 196 |
| William Ferns | 150 |
| James Ferns | 105 |
| Elizabeth Ferns | 96 |
| George Ferns | 82 |
| Sarah Ferns | 82 |
| Thomas Ferns | 82 |
| Joseph Ferns | 62 |
| Ann Ferns | 58 |
| Eliza Ferns | 53 |
| Ellen Ferns | 47 |
| Hannah Ferns | 42 |
| Jane Ferns | 42 |
| Margaret Ferns | 42 |
| Annie Ferns | 41 |
| Alice Ferns | 40 |
| Henry Ferns | 40 |
| Edward Ferns | 35 |
| Charles Ferns | 34 |
| Emma Ferns | 33 |
| Emily Ferns | 32 |
| Alfred Ferns | 30 |
| Catherine Ferns | 30 |
| Samuel Ferns | 28 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Furness | 57% | 16,187 |
| 2 | Ferns | 100% | 2,717 |
| 3 | Farnes | 67% | 2,462 |
| 4 | Fearns | 83% | 1,789 |
| 5 | Furnis | 67% | 575 |
| 6 | Ferens | 83% | 461 |
| 7 | Furnes | 67% | 380 |
| 8 | Farns | 80% | 233 |
| 9 | Fernis | 83% | 211 |
| 10 | Frans | 60% | 211 |
| 11 | Franes | 50% | 147 |
| 12 | Fernes | 83% | 136 |
| 13 | Franis | 50% | 117 |
| 14 | Furnas | 67% | 106 |
The surname Ferns is the 2nd most popular variant of Furness.