| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 5 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 19 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 3 |
| Derbyshire | 8 |
| Devon | 10 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 36 |
| Essex | 2 |
| Gloucestershire | 3 |
| Hampshire | 6 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 6 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 17 |
| Lancashire | 105 |
| Leicestershire | 8 |
| Lincolnshire | 8 |
| London | 149 |
| Middlesex | 3 |
| Northumberland | 8 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 |
| Oxfordshire | 4 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 4 |
| Suffolk | 4 |
| Somerset | 12 |
| Surrey | 14 |
| Sussex | 10 |
| Staffordshire | 10 |
| Warwickshire | 11 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 13 |
| Yorkshire | 83 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 2 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 7 |
| Pembrokeshire | 2 |
| Radnorshire | 6 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 119 |
| Domestic Servant | 10 |
| Labourer | 10 |
| Dress Maker | 6 |
| Coal Miner | 6 |
| General Labourer | 5 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 5 |
| Farm Labourer | 5 |
| Annuitant | 4 |
| Laundress | 4 |
| Servant | 4 |
| General Servant | 4 |
| Wheelwright | 4 |
| Lodging House Keeper | 3 |
| Tailor | 3 |
| Cotton Weaver | 3 |
| Dock Labourer | 3 |
| Private | 3 |
| Frame Work Knitter | 3 |
| Nurse Domestic Servant | 2 |
| House Carpenter | 2 |
| Housemaid Domestic | 2 |
| Pump Maker Assistant | 2 |
| Slater | 2 |
| Hosiery Seamer | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Gordan | 401 |
| William Gordan | 390 |
| John Gordan | 341 |
| Elizabeth Gordan | 242 |
| George Gordan | 218 |
| James Gordan | 198 |
| Thomas Gordan | 195 |
| Sarah Gordan | 166 |
| Charles Gordan | 131 |
| Henry Gordan | 120 |
| Jane Gordan | 111 |
| Ann Gordan | 110 |
| Margaret Gordan | 95 |
| Alice Gordan | 91 |
| Annie Gordan | 91 |
| Ellen Gordan | 91 |
| Eliza Gordan | 81 |
| Robert Gordan | 77 |
| Edward Gordan | 74 |
| Alfred Gordan | 72 |
| Joseph Gordan | 70 |
| Frederick Gordan | 68 |
| Emma Gordan | 63 |
| Emily Gordan | 57 |
| Arthur Gordan | 55 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon | 83% | 50,900 |
| 2 | Garden | 67% | 7,762 |
| 3 | Gorden | 83% | 6,599 |
| 4 | Gordan | 100% | 6,029 |
| 5 | Gardon | 67% | 1,556 |
| 6 | Gurden | 67% | 1,337 |
| 7 | Gradon | 50% | 684 |
| 8 | Gardine | 57% | 421 |
| 9 | Gardan | 83% | 379 |
| 10 | Gurdon | 67% | 319 |
| 11 | Gardin | 67% | 198 |
| 12 | Gordin | 83% | 180 |
| 13 | Graden | 50% | 154 |
| 14 | Gordine | 71% | 145 |
| 15 | Gerdon | 67% | 130 |
The surname Gordan is the 4th most popular variant of Gordon.