| Bedfordshire | 2 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 14 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 9 |
| Cornwall | 4 |
| Cumberland | 32 |
| Derbyshire | 5 |
| Devon | 15 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 17 |
| Essex | 4 |
| Gloucestershire | 4 |
| Hampshire | 4 |
| Herefordshire | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 3 |
| Kent | 23 |
| Lancashire | 119 |
| Leicestershire | 12 |
| Lincolnshire | 19 |
| London | 80 |
| Middlesex | 5 |
| Northumberland | 14 |
| Norfolk | 3 |
| Northamptonshire | 7 |
| Nottinghamshire | 13 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 6 |
| Suffolk | 2 |
| Somerset | 5 |
| Surrey | 18 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 24 |
| Warwickshire | 3 |
| Westmorland | 2 |
| Wiltshire | 2 |
| Worcestershire | 4 |
| Yorkshire | 111 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 1 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 4 |
| Merionethshire | 3 |
| Montgomeryshire | 2 |
| Monmouthshire | 7 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 98 |
| Cotton Weaver | 9 |
| General Labourer | 8 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 7 |
| Domestic Servant | 7 |
| General Servant Domestic | 7 |
| House Keeper | 6 |
| Coal Miner | 5 |
| General Servant | 5 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 4 |
| Labourer | 4 |
| Farmer | 4 |
| Blacksmith | 4 |
| Charwoman | 4 |
| Servant | 4 |
| Grocer | 4 |
| Dress Maker | 4 |
| Joiner | 4 |
| Woollen Weaver | 4 |
| Living On Own Means | 3 |
| Clerk | 3 |
| House Keeper Domestic | 3 |
| Painter | 3 |
| General Domestic Servant | 3 |
| Cotton Mill Hand | 3 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Holms | 340 |
| John Holms | 334 |
| William Holms | 318 |
| Elizabeth Holms | 237 |
| Thomas Holms | 201 |
| Sarah Holms | 170 |
| Ann Holms | 161 |
| George Holms | 157 |
| James Holms | 128 |
| Jane Holms | 102 |
| Joseph Holms | 97 |
| Henry Holms | 91 |
| Robert Holms | 68 |
| Margaret Holms | 66 |
| Eliza Holms | 63 |
| Hannah Holms | 63 |
| Charles Holms | 57 |
| Edward Holms | 52 |
| Richard Holms | 52 |
| Ellen Holms | 47 |
| Samuel Holms | 47 |
| Emma Holms | 46 |
| Alice Holms | 42 |
| Annie Holms | 37 |
| Martha Holms | 37 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holmes | 83% | 249,153 |
| 2 | Holms | 100% | 4,356 |
| 3 | Hulmes | 67% | 2,447 |
| 4 | Helms | 80% | 1,043 |
| 5 | Halmes | 67% | 1,042 |
| 6 | Helmes | 67% | 473 |
| 7 | Holmas | 83% | 466 |
| 8 | Hulms | 80% | 163 |
| 9 | Holems | 83% | 134 |
| 10 | Houlmes | 71% | 127 |
The surname Holms is the 2nd most popular variant of Holmes.