| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 22 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 2 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 1 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 21 |
| Essex | 34 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 0 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 5 |
| Lancashire | 0 |
| Leicestershire | 33 |
| Lincolnshire | 11 |
| London | 2 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 2 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 8 |
| Somerset | 1 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 3 |
| Warwickshire | 3 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 5 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 1 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 1 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Labourer | 14 |
| Scholar | 9 |
| At Home | 7 |
| Frame Work Knitter | 6 |
| General Servant | 2 |
| Glass Maker | 2 |
| Housekeeper | 2 |
| Strawplater | 2 |
| Wife Of Agr Labourer | 2 |
| Agricultural Labourer Wife | 2 |
| Annuitant | 1 |
| Ag Lab | 1 |
| Char Woman | 1 |
| Employed At Home | 1 |
| Farmer Of 95 Acres And Employing 3 Men | 1 |
| Farmers Daughter | 1 |
| Farmers Son | 1 |
| Fustain Cutter | 1 |
| Labourer At Anderton Employing 6 Wharf | 1 |
| Watchman At Anderton | 1 |
| Groome & Gardner | 1 |
| Labour | 1 |
| Pauper Agricultural Lab | 1 |
| Wife Of Bailif | 1 |
| Carpenter & Joiner | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| John Foister | 93 |
| William Foister | 89 |
| Mary Foister | 81 |
| Elizabeth Foister | 63 |
| Thomas Foister | 58 |
| Charles Foister | 53 |
| Sarah Foister | 50 |
| George Foister | 41 |
| Ann Foister | 30 |
| James Foister | 27 |
| Robert Foister | 27 |
| Eliza Foister | 26 |
| Jane Foister | 20 |
| Hannah Foister | 19 |
| Arthur Foister | 18 |
| Frederick Foister | 18 |
| Ellen Foister | 17 |
| Margaret Foister | 17 |
| Joseph Foister | 16 |
| Emma Foister | 14 |
| Maria Foister | 13 |
| Walter Foister | 13 |
| Annie Foister | 12 |
| Florence Foister | 12 |
| Richard Foister | 12 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foster | 86% | 275,967 |
| 2 | Faster | 71% | 3,806 |
| 3 | Foyster | 86% | 1,528 |
| 4 | Foister | 100% | 1,298 |
| 5 | Fister | 86% | 803 |
| 6 | Feaster | 71% | 650 |
| 7 | Fester | 71% | 560 |
| 8 | Fostor | 71% | 219 |
| 9 | Fuster | 71% | 121 |
| 10 | Fooster | 86% | 116 |
The surname Foister is the 4th most popular variant of Foster.