| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 7 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 5 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 6 |
| Cornwall | 1 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 7 |
| Dorset | 6 |
| Durham | 80 |
| Essex | 149 |
| Gloucestershire | 14 |
| Hampshire | 6 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 56 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 8 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 36 |
| Lancashire | 6 |
| Leicestershire | 7 |
| Lincolnshire | 20 |
| London | 255 |
| Middlesex | 13 |
| Northumberland | 34 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 11 |
| Nottinghamshire | 6 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 8 |
| Shropshire | 1 |
| Suffolk | 10 |
| Somerset | 72 |
| Surrey | 21 |
| Sussex | 14 |
| Staffordshire | 52 |
| Warwickshire | 6 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 12 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 7 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 2 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Living On Own Means | 14 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 13 |
| Cabinet Maker | 11 |
| General Labourer | 10 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 9 |
| Domestic Servant | 8 |
| Cook Domestic | 7 |
| General Servant Domestic | 7 |
| Scholar | 7 |
| Laundress Wash | 6 |
| Housemaid Domestic | 5 |
| Servant Domestic | 5 |
| Coal Hewer | 5 |
| Dress Maker | 4 |
| House Maid Domestic | 4 |
| Milk Man | 4 |
| At School | 4 |
| Labourer | 3 |
| Laundress | 3 |
| House Keeper | 3 |
| Butcher | 3 |
| Coachman Domestic | 3 |
| Ordinary Agricultural Labourer | 3 |
| Beer Seller | 2 |
| Potter's Paintress Earth | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Sams | 407 |
| Mary Sams | 353 |
| John Sams | 291 |
| Sarah Sams | 244 |
| George Sams | 231 |
| Elizabeth Sams | 206 |
| James Sams | 202 |
| Thomas Sams | 186 |
| Henry Sams | 176 |
| Charles Sams | 151 |
| Eliza Sams | 135 |
| Joseph Sams | 128 |
| Ann Sams | 119 |
| Emma Sams | 113 |
| Alfred Sams | 111 |
| Jane Sams | 105 |
| Alice Sams | 95 |
| Arthur Sams | 95 |
| Edward Sams | 93 |
| Ellen Sams | 90 |
| Emily Sams | 89 |
| Frederick Sams | 85 |
| Walter Sams | 81 |
| Hannah Sams | 62 |
| Robert Sams | 61 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sims | 75% | 63,560 |
| 2 | Sams | 100% | 6,264 |
| 3 | Simes | 60% | 3,808 |
| 4 | Soames | 67% | 2,645 |
| 5 | Sames | 80% | 1,585 |
| 6 | Somes | 60% | 1,423 |
| 7 | Samms | 80% | 507 |
| 8 | Somas | 60% | 285 |
| 9 | Sems | 75% | 188 |
| 10 | Smees | 40% | 184 |
| 11 | Samies | 67% | 138 |
| 12 | Soms | 75% | 138 |
| 13 | Sammes | 67% | 120 |
| 14 | Seames | 67% | 115 |
| 15 | Smis | 50% | 105 |
The surname Sams is the 2nd most popular variant of Sims.