| Bedfordshire | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 4 |
| Cambridgeshire | 9 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 81 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 19 |
| Devon | 9 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Durham | 12 |
| Essex | 11 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 4 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 8 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 2 |
| Lancashire | 99 |
| Leicestershire | 28 |
| Lincolnshire | 8 |
| London | 25 |
| Middlesex | 5 |
| Northumberland | 1 |
| Norfolk | 2 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 10 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 51 |
| Suffolk | 5 |
| Somerset | 3 |
| Surrey | 1 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 860 |
| Warwickshire | 43 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 7 |
| Yorkshire | 57 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 1 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Coal Miner C Hewer | 19 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 16 |
| General Labourer | 11 |
| Farmer | 11 |
| General Servant Domestic | 9 |
| Dressmaker | 8 |
| Coal Miner | 7 |
| Coal Hewer | 6 |
| Blacksmith | 6 |
| Living On Own Means | 6 |
| Confectioner Baker | 5 |
| Bricklayer | 5 |
| Coal Miner Under Ground Hewer | 5 |
| Fustian Cutter | 5 |
| Wheelwright | 5 |
| Cotton Card Room Hand | 4 |
| Plasterer | 4 |
| House Painter | 4 |
| Housemaid Domestic | 4 |
| Potter's Placer Earth | 4 |
| Potters Paintress Earth | 4 |
| School | 4 |
| School Teacher | 4 |
| Servant Domestic | 4 |
| Tailoress | 4 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Pointon | 587 |
| John Pointon | 461 |
| William Pointon | 437 |
| Thomas Pointon | 369 |
| Sarah Pointon | 308 |
| Elizabeth Pointon | 266 |
| George Pointon | 257 |
| James Pointon | 216 |
| Ann Pointon | 202 |
| Joseph Pointon | 186 |
| Hannah Pointon | 146 |
| Henry Pointon | 145 |
| Eliza Pointon | 144 |
| Charles Pointon | 139 |
| Jane Pointon | 133 |
| Alice Pointon | 131 |
| Annie Pointon | 129 |
| Emma Pointon | 123 |
| Frederick Pointon | 120 |
| Samuel Pointon | 110 |
| Arthur Pointon | 105 |
| Ellen Pointon | 97 |
| Emily Pointon | 92 |
| Edward Pointon | 79 |
| Harry Pointon | 74 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pointon | 100% | 8,051 |
| 2 | Panton | 71% | 5,547 |
| 3 | Penton | 71% | 4,982 |
| 4 | Ponton | 86% | 2,572 |
| 5 | Pontin | 71% | 2,359 |
| 6 | Painton | 86% | 1,941 |
| 7 | Paintin | 71% | 801 |
| 8 | Pountain | 63% | 742 |
| 9 | Pinton | 86% | 712 |
| 10 | Punton | 71% | 699 |
| 11 | Pantin | 57% | 549 |
| 12 | Pentin | 57% | 148 |
| 13 | Ponten | 71% | 141 |
The surname Pointon is the most popular version of all its varients