| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 7 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 5 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 1 |
| Derbyshire | 1 |
| Devon | 13 |
| Dorset | 3 |
| Durham | 11 |
| Essex | 7 |
| Gloucestershire | 14 |
| Hampshire | 40 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 2 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 13 |
| Lancashire | 14 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 2 |
| London | 133 |
| Middlesex | 18 |
| Northumberland | 11 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 7 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 4 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 2 |
| Somerset | 5 |
| Surrey | 47 |
| Sussex | 87 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 5 |
| Westmorland | 2 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 34 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 3 |
| Merionethshire | 1 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| General Servant Domestic | 7 |
| Commercial Traveller | 4 |
| Cook Domestic | 4 |
| Living On Own Means | 4 |
| Carpenter | 3 |
| Clerk | 3 |
| General Labourer | 3 |
| House Maid Domestic | 3 |
| Laundress Wash | 3 |
| School Boy | 3 |
| House Painter | 2 |
| Labourer | 2 |
| Police Constable | 2 |
| Surveyor | 2 |
| School Mistress | 2 |
| Dyers Labourer | 2 |
| Groom (not Domestic) | 2 |
| Stone Quarryman | 2 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 2 |
| Boy At School | 2 |
| Carter On Farm | 2 |
| Farm Labourer | 2 |
| General Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Market Garden Labourer | 2 |
| Scholar Student | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Petter | 232 |
| Mary Petter | 202 |
| John Petter | 173 |
| James Petter | 143 |
| George Petter | 132 |
| Sarah Petter | 120 |
| Elizabeth Petter | 108 |
| Thomas Petter | 104 |
| Charles Petter | 87 |
| Henry Petter | 78 |
| Jane Petter | 73 |
| Ann Petter | 64 |
| Eliza Petter | 56 |
| Annie Petter | 52 |
| Richard Petter | 52 |
| Arthur Petter | 47 |
| Ellen Petter | 47 |
| Albert Petter | 46 |
| Alice Petter | 42 |
| Edward Petter | 41 |
| Robert Petter | 41 |
| Charlotte Petter | 36 |
| Emily Petter | 35 |
| Frederick Petter | 35 |
| Emma Petter | 34 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Potter | 83% | 130,085 |
| 2 | Peter | 83% | 10,646 |
| 3 | Petter | 100% | 3,492 |
| 4 | Patter | 83% | 3,246 |
| 5 | Pitter | 83% | 849 |
| 6 | Putter | 83% | 237 |
| 7 | Peater | 83% | 221 |
| 8 | Pottor | 67% | 164 |
| 9 | Poutter | 71% | 157 |
| 10 | Pottier | 71% | 147 |
| 11 | Pittar | 67% | 109 |
The surname Petter is the 3rd most popular variant of Potter.