| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 5 |
| Cornwall | 1 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 0 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 2 |
| Essex | 6 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 8 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 4 |
| Lancashire | 4 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 11 |
| Middlesex | 1 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 22 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 8 |
| Suffolk | 2 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 1 |
| Sussex | 8 |
| Staffordshire | 11 |
| Warwickshire | 0 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 6 |
| Yorkshire | 4 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 6 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 13 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 6 |
| Laundress | 3 |
| Cattle Driver | 2 |
| Apprentice In Racing Stable Groom | 1 |
| Cook Domestic Servant | 1 |
| Governess | 1 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 1 |
| General Servant Domestic | 1 |
| Grocer Assistant | 1 |
| Shipwright | 1 |
| Railway Porter | 1 |
| Draper's Apprentice | 1 |
| Gardener | 1 |
| Glass Maker | 1 |
| Oil & Colour Man's Assistant | 1 |
| Assistant | 1 |
| Carrier | 1 |
| Independent | 1 |
| Shepherd | 1 |
| Foot Man Domestic | 1 |
| Photographic Porter | 1 |
| Plasterer | 1 |
| Fisherman | 1 |
| Railway | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| John Plain | 92 |
| Mary Plain | 70 |
| William Plain | 63 |
| George Plain | 49 |
| Ann Plain | 37 |
| Sarah Plain | 36 |
| James Plain | 34 |
| Charles Plain | 30 |
| Elizabeth Plain | 30 |
| Eliza Plain | 29 |
| Henry Plain | 28 |
| Thomas Plain | 25 |
| Joseph Plain | 20 |
| Jane Plain | 15 |
| Emma Plain | 14 |
| Annie Plain | 13 |
| Florence Plain | 13 |
| Harriet Plain | 12 |
| Albert Plain | 11 |
| Robert Plain | 11 |
| Alfred Plain | 10 |
| Ellen Plain | 10 |
| Edward Plain | 9 |
| Charlotte Plain | 8 |
| Emily Plain | 8 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palin | 60% | 8,481 |
| 2 | Aplin | 60% | 6,387 |
| 3 | Plane | 60% | 3,015 |
| 4 | Paulin | 50% | 1,709 |
| 5 | Plain | 100% | 987 |
| 6 | Polain | 83% | 450 |
| 7 | Pauline | 43% | 383 |
| 8 | Playne | 67% | 348 |
| 9 | Polin | 60% | 246 |
| 10 | Plan | 80% | 227 |
| 11 | Polan | 60% | 145 |
| 12 | Pilon | 40% | 142 |
| 13 | Plaine | 83% | 139 |
| 14 | Palen | 40% | 132 |
| 15 | Polaine | 71% | 116 |
The surname Plain is the 5th most popular variant of Palin.