| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 29 |
| Berkshire | 47 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 2 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 5 |
| Devon | 27 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 1 |
| Essex | 11 |
| Gloucestershire | 26 |
| Hampshire | 15 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 3 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 26 |
| Lancashire | 11 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 180 |
| Middlesex | 37 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 10 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 8 |
| Somerset | 47 |
| Surrey | 20 |
| Sussex | 2 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 9 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 6 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 87 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 6 |
| Laundress | 6 |
| Carman | 5 |
| General Labourer | 5 |
| General Servant Domestic | 4 |
| Cook Domestic Servant | 4 |
| Domestic Servant | 4 |
| General Servant | 4 |
| Cook Domestic | 3 |
| Fruiterers Assistant | 3 |
| Tailor | 3 |
| Machinist | 3 |
| Mason | 3 |
| Errand Boy | 3 |
| Blacksmith | 3 |
| Dressmaker | 3 |
| Labourer | 3 |
| Miller | 3 |
| Cook | 2 |
| Draper's Assistant | 2 |
| Living At Home | 2 |
| Charwoman | 2 |
| Gardener | 2 |
| Police Constable | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Pursey | 295 |
| Mary Pursey | 249 |
| John Pursey | 207 |
| Thomas Pursey | 178 |
| George Pursey | 157 |
| Elizabeth Pursey | 154 |
| James Pursey | 132 |
| Sarah Pursey | 113 |
| Henry Pursey | 111 |
| Charles Pursey | 108 |
| Jane Pursey | 85 |
| Eliza Pursey | 79 |
| Frederick Pursey | 79 |
| Joseph Pursey | 71 |
| Ann Pursey | 69 |
| Alice Pursey | 67 |
| Emily Pursey | 67 |
| Ellen Pursey | 61 |
| Arthur Pursey | 56 |
| Emma Pursey | 54 |
| Walter Pursey | 51 |
| Albert Pursey | 48 |
| Alfred Pursey | 45 |
| Florence Pursey | 44 |
| Caroline Pursey | 42 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Percy | 50% | 22,008 |
| 2 | Pursey | 100% | 4,265 |
| 3 | Pearcey | 57% | 3,880 |
| 4 | Parsey | 83% | 1,339 |
| 5 | Pearsey | 71% | 721 |
| 6 | Persey | 83% | 533 |
| 7 | Purcey | 83% | 519 |
| 8 | Purssey | 86% | 272 |
| 9 | Purcy | 67% | 167 |
| 10 | Persy | 67% | 143 |
| 11 | Poorsey | 71% | 105 |
The surname Pursey is the 2nd most popular variant of Percy.