| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 11 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 11 |
| Cornwall | 217 |
| Cumberland | 10 |
| Derbyshire | 5 |
| Devon | 327 |
| Dorset | 7 |
| Durham | 16 |
| Essex | 1 |
| Gloucestershire | 88 |
| Hampshire | 9 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 7 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 11 |
| Lancashire | 73 |
| Leicestershire | 8 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 206 |
| Middlesex | 17 |
| Northumberland | 14 |
| Norfolk | 2 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 7 |
| Shropshire | 10 |
| Suffolk | 28 |
| Somerset | 153 |
| Surrey | 4 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 25 |
| Warwickshire | 14 |
| Westmorland | 2 |
| Wiltshire | 21 |
| Worcestershire | 13 |
| Yorkshire | 49 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 19 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 3 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 281 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 33 |
| Dress Maker | 18 |
| Carpenter | 15 |
| Farm Labourer | 12 |
| Domestic Servant | 12 |
| General Servant | 10 |
| Annuitant | 10 |
| Farmers Son | 10 |
| General Labourer | 9 |
| Coal Miner | 9 |
| Gardener | 8 |
| Shoe Maker | 6 |
| Lodging House Keeper | 6 |
| Charwoman | 6 |
| Labourer | 6 |
| Retired Farmer | 6 |
| Baker | 5 |
| Tailor | 5 |
| Laundress | 5 |
| Butcher | 5 |
| Servant | 4 |
| Milliner | 4 |
| Toll Collector | 4 |
| Carpenters Son | 4 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Spear | 827 |
| Mary Spear | 816 |
| John Spear | 642 |
| Elizabeth Spear | 498 |
| Thomas Spear | 297 |
| George Spear | 273 |
| James Spear | 252 |
| Sarah Spear | 250 |
| Ann Spear | 200 |
| Emma Spear | 194 |
| Henry Spear | 192 |
| Samuel Spear | 182 |
| Jane Spear | 177 |
| Richard Spear | 161 |
| Eliza Spear | 150 |
| Charles Spear | 146 |
| Frederick Spear | 134 |
| Ellen Spear | 128 |
| Joseph Spear | 115 |
| Alfred Spear | 113 |
| Emily Spear | 106 |
| Alice Spear | 105 |
| Charlotte Spear | 103 |
| Annie Spear | 102 |
| Arthur Spear | 96 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soper | 60% | 13,058 |
| 2 | Spear | 100% | 10,307 |
| 3 | Speer | 80% | 2,350 |
| 4 | Spoor | 60% | 2,223 |
| 5 | Spier | 60% | 1,795 |
| 6 | Spare | 60% | 1,705 |
| 7 | Speare | 83% | 1,130 |
| 8 | Spire | 40% | 544 |
| 9 | Soaper | 50% | 500 |
| 10 | Spur | 60% | 419 |
| 11 | Spore | 40% | 370 |
| 12 | Spiro | 40% | 277 |
| 13 | Spoore | 50% | 259 |
| 14 | Spour | 60% | 257 |
| 15 | Saper | 60% | 242 |
| 16 | Spree | 40% | 208 |
| 17 | Super | 60% | 206 |
| 18 | Asper | 60% | 184 |
| 19 | Saperia | 43% | 130 |
| 20 | Spir | 60% | 109 |
| 21 | Spure | 40% | 109 |
The surname Spear is the 2nd most popular variant of Soper.