| Bedfordshire | 5 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 10 |
| Cambridgeshire | 15 |
| Channel Islands | 13 |
| Cheshire | 18 |
| Cornwall | 2 |
| Cumberland | 12 |
| Derbyshire | 210 |
| Devon | 29 |
| Dorset | 17 |
| Durham | 284 |
| Essex | 68 |
| Gloucestershire | 38 |
| Hampshire | 18 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 5 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 4 |
| Kent | 39 |
| Lancashire | 273 |
| Leicestershire | 26 |
| Lincolnshire | 10 |
| London | 334 |
| Middlesex | 76 |
| Northumberland | 185 |
| Norfolk | 174 |
| Northamptonshire | 2 |
| Nottinghamshire | 257 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 4 |
| Suffolk | 21 |
| Somerset | 13 |
| Surrey | 62 |
| Sussex | 39 |
| Staffordshire | 10 |
| Warwickshire | 29 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 8 |
| Yorkshire | 264 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 2 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 15 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 2 |
| Pembrokeshire | 7 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 245 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 41 |
| General Labourer | 19 |
| Private Means | 16 |
| Labourer | 14 |
| At School | 11 |
| Domestic Servant | 10 |
| At Home | 10 |
| Clerk | 9 |
| Nil | 8 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 8 |
| Bricklayer | 8 |
| House Keeper | 7 |
| Scholar | 7 |
| School Girl | 7 |
| Dressmaker | 6 |
| Servant | 6 |
| Shop Assistant | 6 |
| Cotton Weaver | 6 |
| Laundress | 5 |
| Milliner | 5 |
| Police Constable | 5 |
| Housekeeper | 5 |
| Coal Miner | 5 |
| Coal Miner (hewer) | 5 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Purdy | 828 |
| William Purdy | 777 |
| John Purdy | 701 |
| Thomas Purdy | 488 |
| Elizabeth Purdy | 487 |
| George Purdy | 465 |
| James Purdy | 430 |
| Sarah Purdy | 366 |
| Robert Purdy | 313 |
| Jane Purdy | 222 |
| Charles Purdy | 198 |
| Ann Purdy | 197 |
| Henry Purdy | 195 |
| Margaret Purdy | 167 |
| Hannah Purdy | 165 |
| Joseph Purdy | 157 |
| Alice Purdy | 154 |
| Annie Purdy | 151 |
| Eliza Purdy | 135 |
| Ellen Purdy | 134 |
| Martha Purdy | 129 |
| Frederick Purdy | 125 |
| Arthur Purdy | 113 |
| Emma Purdy | 108 |
| Richard Purdy | 108 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdy | 100% | 11,570 |
| 2 | Preedy | 50% | 3,668 |
| 3 | Pardy | 80% | 2,760 |
| 4 | Purdey | 83% | 1,496 |
| 5 | Purdie | 67% | 1,489 |
| 6 | Priday | 50% | 1,110 |
| 7 | Purday | 83% | 727 |
| 8 | Pardey | 67% | 679 |
| 9 | Pready | 50% | 451 |
| 10 | Prudy | 60% | 415 |
| 11 | Prady | 60% | 406 |
| 12 | Pruday | 50% | 388 |
| 13 | Pridey | 50% | 117 |
| 14 | Predy | 60% | 112 |
The surname Purdy is the most popular version of all its varients