| Bedfordshire | 8 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 2 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 6 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 5 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 82 |
| Essex | 9 |
| Gloucestershire | 9 |
| Hampshire | 17 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 8 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 2 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 12 |
| Lancashire | 12 |
| Leicestershire | 4 |
| Lincolnshire | 8 |
| London | 37 |
| Middlesex | 36 |
| Northumberland | 19 |
| Norfolk | 2 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 2 |
| Shropshire | 4 |
| Suffolk | 13 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 17 |
| Sussex | 14 |
| Staffordshire | 14 |
| Warwickshire | 16 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 5 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 265 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 2 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 44 |
| Farmer | 18 |
| Private Means | 9 |
| Farm Labourer | 8 |
| At Home | 6 |
| Farmer's Son Working On Farm | 6 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 5 |
| Chartered Accountant | 4 |
| General Labourer | 4 |
| Errand Boy | 4 |
| Cook (domestic) | 3 |
| Labourer | 3 |
| Dressmaker | 3 |
| Joiner | 3 |
| None | 3 |
| Flour Mill Hand | 2 |
| Milliner | 2 |
| Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Assisting Farmer Daving | 2 |
| Butcher | 2 |
| Florist | 2 |
| Grocer | 2 |
| Joiner & Cartwright | 2 |
| By Letting Apartments | 2 |
| Farmer's Daughter Dairy Work | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| John Peirson | 273 |
| Mary Peirson | 228 |
| William Peirson | 200 |
| George Peirson | 139 |
| Thomas Peirson | 132 |
| Elizabeth Peirson | 127 |
| Robert Peirson | 116 |
| Sarah Peirson | 111 |
| Hannah Peirson | 109 |
| Ann Peirson | 102 |
| Jane Peirson | 95 |
| James Peirson | 87 |
| Joseph Peirson | 69 |
| Henry Peirson | 51 |
| Charles Peirson | 49 |
| Margaret Peirson | 49 |
| Francis Peirson | 44 |
| Annie Peirson | 40 |
| Eliza Peirson | 39 |
| Alice Peirson | 36 |
| Emma Peirson | 30 |
| Arthur Peirson | 29 |
| Frederick Peirson | 25 |
| Edward Peirson | 24 |
| Ellen Peirson | 24 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pearson | 86% | 236,587 |
| 2 | Parson | 71% | 20,103 |
| 3 | Pierson | 71% | 3,914 |
| 4 | Person | 86% | 3,470 |
| 5 | Peirson | 100% | 3,190 |
| 6 | Peerson | 86% | 1,045 |
| 7 | Preson | 57% | 420 |
| 8 | Purson | 71% | 301 |
| 9 | Prison | 71% | 277 |
| 10 | Parison | 57% | 142 |
| 11 | Pearsen | 71% | 137 |
| 12 | Perason | 71% | 132 |
| 13 | Perison | 71% | 122 |
| 14 | Eperson | 71% | 112 |
The surname Peirson is the 5th most popular variant of Pearson.