| Bedfordshire | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 4 |
| Berkshire | 78 |
| Cambridgeshire | 27 |
| Channel Islands | 1 |
| Cheshire | 12 |
| Cornwall | 2 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 17 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Durham | 24 |
| Essex | 40 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 234 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 24 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 3 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 248 |
| Lancashire | 32 |
| Leicestershire | 8 |
| Lincolnshire | 3 |
| London | 191 |
| Middlesex | 33 |
| Northumberland | 32 |
| Norfolk | 357 |
| Northamptonshire | 17 |
| Nottinghamshire | 20 |
| Oxfordshire | 27 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 3 |
| Shropshire | 1 |
| Suffolk | 30 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 43 |
| Sussex | 15 |
| Staffordshire | 31 |
| Warwickshire | 42 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 17 |
| Yorkshire | 57 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 7 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 10 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 190 |
| Farm Labourer | 42 |
| General Labourer | 25 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 20 |
| Labourer | 16 |
| Private Means | 12 |
| Domestic Servant | 11 |
| Farmer | 11 |
| Old Age Pensioner | 10 |
| At Home | 7 |
| General Servant Domestic | 7 |
| Bricklayer | 6 |
| Dress Maker | 6 |
| Gardener (domestic) | 6 |
| Carman | 5 |
| Laundress | 5 |
| Scholar | 5 |
| Charwoman | 5 |
| None | 5 |
| Dressmaker | 5 |
| Tailoress | 5 |
| Plumber | 4 |
| Butcher | 4 |
| Shop Assistant | 4 |
| Farmers Son Working On Farm | 4 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Pointer | 579 |
| Mary Pointer | 533 |
| John Pointer | 475 |
| Elizabeth Pointer | 423 |
| George Pointer | 411 |
| James Pointer | 380 |
| Sarah Pointer | 369 |
| Thomas Pointer | 344 |
| Henry Pointer | 253 |
| Charles Pointer | 233 |
| Robert Pointer | 201 |
| Ann Pointer | 196 |
| Jane Pointer | 153 |
| Eliza Pointer | 143 |
| Alice Pointer | 134 |
| Emma Pointer | 127 |
| Frederick Pointer | 120 |
| Arthur Pointer | 112 |
| Ellen Pointer | 108 |
| Alfred Pointer | 105 |
| Joseph Pointer | 101 |
| Edward Pointer | 99 |
| Annie Pointer | 94 |
| Maria Pointer | 93 |
| Hannah Pointer | 89 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Painter | 86% | 31,359 |
| 2 | Pointer | 100% | 9,579 |
| 3 | Panter | 71% | 8,576 |
| 4 | Poynter | 86% | 4,930 |
| 5 | Punter | 71% | 4,066 |
| 6 | Ponter | 86% | 1,716 |
| 7 | Penter | 71% | 469 |
| 8 | Paniter | 57% | 380 |
| 9 | Pinter | 86% | 183 |
| 10 | Pontor | 71% | 168 |
The surname Pointer is the 2nd most popular variant of Painter.