| Bedfordshire | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 2 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 12 |
| Derbyshire | 2 |
| Devon | 9 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 8 |
| Essex | 7 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 12 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 5 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 8 |
| Lancashire | 49 |
| Leicestershire | 104 |
| Lincolnshire | 1 |
| London | 36 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 7 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 37 |
| Nottinghamshire | 63 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 5 |
| Sussex | 2 |
| Staffordshire | 7 |
| Warwickshire | 5 |
| Westmorland | 8 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 5 |
| Yorkshire | 42 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 1 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 1 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 65 |
| Domestic Servant | 6 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 6 |
| Nil | 5 |
| General Labourer | 4 |
| Coal Miner | 4 |
| General Servant Domestic | 4 |
| Shoe Maker | 4 |
| Servant | 3 |
| Farm Servant | 3 |
| Boot Maker | 3 |
| Carpenter | 3 |
| Laundress | 3 |
| Shoe Finisher | 3 |
| Shoe Hand | 3 |
| Blacksmith | 3 |
| Farmer | 3 |
| General Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Joiner | 2 |
| Baker Assistant | 2 |
| Dress Maker | 2 |
| Dressmaker | 2 |
| At Hosiery Factory | 2 |
| Hosury Machines Mechanic | 2 |
| Plumber | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Heighton | 162 |
| Mary Heighton | 139 |
| John Heighton | 136 |
| George Heighton | 106 |
| Elizabeth Heighton | 104 |
| Thomas Heighton | 83 |
| Sarah Heighton | 67 |
| James Heighton | 54 |
| Arthur Heighton | 53 |
| Ann Heighton | 46 |
| Henry Heighton | 43 |
| Emma Heighton | 42 |
| Annie Heighton | 40 |
| Florence Heighton | 38 |
| Joseph Heighton | 38 |
| Jane Heighton | 37 |
| Charles Heighton | 35 |
| Eliza Heighton | 33 |
| Frederick Heighton | 30 |
| Richard Heighton | 28 |
| Margaret Heighton | 26 |
| Ellen Heighton | 25 |
| Robert Heighton | 25 |
| Alfred Heighton | 24 |
| Alice Heighton | 23 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houghton | 75% | 76,054 |
| 2 | Haughton | 75% | 12,963 |
| 3 | Highton | 88% | 5,120 |
| 4 | Heighton | 100% | 2,336 |
| 5 | Huyton | 50% | 2,002 |
| 6 | Haighton | 88% | 1,127 |
| 7 | Hoghton | 75% | 1,043 |
| 8 | Hughton | 75% | 758 |
| 9 | Houghten | 63% | 493 |
| 10 | Hyton | 50% | 149 |
The surname Heighton is the 4th most popular variant of Houghton.