| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 1 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 1 |
| Derbyshire | 4 |
| Devon | 0 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 15 |
| Essex | 1 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 0 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 0 |
| Lancashire | 26 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 7 |
| London | 0 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 1 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 5 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 7 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 40 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 12 |
| Boarding House Keeper | 2 |
| Bricklayer | 2 |
| Stone Mason | 2 |
| Worsted Spinner | 2 |
| At School | 1 |
| Brokers Teamer | 1 |
| Builder & Centrester | 1 |
| Cotton Yarn Twiner | 1 |
| Engineer & Tall Hitter | 1 |
| Engineer Tool Hiller | 1 |
| Fire Man (boiler) | 1 |
| Foreman Labourer | 1 |
| House Wife | 1 |
| Sewing Machinist Tailoring | 1 |
| Spoon & Fork Filer | 1 |
| Street Pavior | 1 |
| Washing Machine Maker | 1 |
| Worker In Faundry | 1 |
| Cowman Labourer | 1 |
| Farmer | 1 |
| General Servant Domestic | 1 |
| Grocer Gardner (domestic) | 1 |
| Folder (printers) | 1 |
| Printer Assistant | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Pearsen | 9 |
| Thomas Pearsen | 7 |
| William Pearsen | 7 |
| John Pearsen | 6 |
| George Pearsen | 5 |
| James Pearsen | 5 |
| Elizabeth Pearsen | 4 |
| Richard Pearsen | 4 |
| Ann Pearsen | 3 |
| Arthur Pearsen | 3 |
| Charles Pearsen | 3 |
| Florence Pearsen | 3 |
| Harry Pearsen | 3 |
| Joseph Pearsen | 3 |
| Margaret Pearsen | 3 |
| Sarah Pearsen | 3 |
| Charlotte Pearsen | 2 |
| Clara Pearsen | 2 |
| Dorothy Pearsen | 2 |
| Eliza Pearsen | 2 |
| Fred Pearsen | 2 |
| Harold Pearsen | 2 |
| Julia Pearsen | 2 |
| Lars Pearsen | 2 |
| Robert Pearsen | 2 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pearson | 86% | 236,587 |
| 2 | Parson | 71% | 20,103 |
| 3 | Pierson | 57% | 3,914 |
| 4 | Person | 71% | 3,470 |
| 5 | Peirson | 71% | 3,190 |
| 6 | Peerson | 71% | 1,045 |
| 7 | Preson | 43% | 420 |
| 8 | Purson | 57% | 301 |
| 9 | Prison | 43% | 277 |
| 10 | Persson | 57% | 148 |
| 11 | Parison | 57% | 142 |
| 12 | Pearsen | 100% | 137 |
| 13 | Perason | 57% | 132 |
| 14 | Perison | 57% | 122 |
| 15 | Eperson | 57% | 112 |
| 16 | Perrson | 71% | 112 |
The surname Pearsen is the 12th most popular variant of Pearson.