| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 9 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 13 |
| Cornwall | 11 |
| Cumberland | 2 |
| Derbyshire | 5 |
| Devon | 21 |
| Dorset | 16 |
| Durham | 36 |
| Essex | 92 |
| Gloucestershire | 21 |
| Hampshire | 40 |
| Herefordshire | 3 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 44 |
| Lancashire | 291 |
| Leicestershire | 6 |
| Lincolnshire | 3 |
| London | 606 |
| Middlesex | 43 |
| Northumberland | 17 |
| Norfolk | 2 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 3 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 1 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 1 |
| Surrey | 29 |
| Sussex | 7 |
| Staffordshire | 23 |
| Warwickshire | 20 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 82 |
| Anglesey | 1 |
| Brecknockshire | 3 |
| Cardiganshire | 1 |
| Carnarvonshire | 1 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 221 |
| Merionethshire | 2 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 63 |
| Pembrokeshire | 5 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| General Labourer | 55 |
| Dock Labourer | 20 |
| General Servant Domestic | 13 |
| Dress Maker | 12 |
| Tailoress | 11 |
| Cotton Weaver | 11 |
| Cook Domestic | 10 |
| Laundress Wash | 9 |
| Tailor | 9 |
| Scholar | 9 |
| Living On Own Means | 8 |
| Housemaid Domestic | 7 |
| Servant Domestic | 7 |
| Bricklayer's Labourer | 6 |
| Carman | 6 |
| Domestic Servant | 6 |
| Labourer | 6 |
| House Painter | 6 |
| Attending School | 5 |
| Blacksmith | 5 |
| Nil | 5 |
| Bricklayer Labourer | 5 |
| School | 5 |
| Caretaker | 4 |
| Coal Hewer | 4 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Shea | 1,192 |
| John Shea | 1,161 |
| Ellen Shea | 474 |
| James Shea | 456 |
| William Shea | 453 |
| Margaret Shea | 428 |
| Catherine Shea | 372 |
| Thomas Shea | 364 |
| Patrick Shea | 330 |
| Daniel Shea | 327 |
| Michael Shea | 309 |
| Elizabeth Shea | 283 |
| Edward Shea | 186 |
| Bridget Shea | 177 |
| Ann Shea | 175 |
| Jane Shea | 149 |
| Sarah Shea | 137 |
| Annie Shea | 132 |
| Timothy Shea | 132 |
| Jeremiah Shea | 131 |
| Joseph Shea | 128 |
| Richard Shea | 120 |
| George Shea | 118 |
| Julia Shea | 118 |
| Hannah Shea | 115 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ash | 25% | 37,260 |
| 2 | Shea | 100% | 11,776 |
| 3 | Shay | 50% | 2,312 |
| 4 | Shawe | 40% | 1,692 |
| 5 | Ashe | 50% | 1,676 |
| 6 | Oshea | 80% | 1,673 |
| 7 | Shee | 75% | 1,617 |
| 8 | Aish | 0% | 1,169 |
| 9 | Shoe | 50% | 253 |
| 10 | Eash | 0% | 171 |
| 11 | Esh | 25% | 152 |
| 12 | Shae | 50% | 129 |
The surname Shea is the 2nd most popular variant of Ash.