| Bedfordshire | 3 |
| Buckinghamshire | 12 |
| Berkshire | 50 |
| Cambridgeshire | 10 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 6 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 29 |
| Devon | 2 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 50 |
| Essex | 32 |
| Gloucestershire | 117 |
| Hampshire | 25 |
| Herefordshire | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | 5 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 3 |
| Kent | 15 |
| Lancashire | 69 |
| Leicestershire | 21 |
| Lincolnshire | 2 |
| London | 173 |
| Middlesex | 17 |
| Northumberland | 67 |
| Norfolk | 3 |
| Northamptonshire | 27 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4 |
| Oxfordshire | 9 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 32 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 86 |
| Surrey | 18 |
| Sussex | 76 |
| Staffordshire | 29 |
| Warwickshire | 22 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 51 |
| Worcestershire | 12 |
| Yorkshire | 101 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 4 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 1 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 29 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 43 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| General Labourer | 18 |
| Living On Own Means | 17 |
| Cook Domestic | 10 |
| Dress Maker | 9 |
| Scholar | 9 |
| Farmer | 8 |
| General Servant Domestic | 8 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 8 |
| Laundress Wash | 7 |
| Plumber | 6 |
| Dock Labourer | 5 |
| Domestic Servant | 5 |
| House Painter | 5 |
| File Cutter | 5 |
| Carpenter | 5 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 5 |
| Market Gardener | 5 |
| School | 5 |
| Attending School | 5 |
| Blacksmith | 4 |
| Collar Dresser | 4 |
| Housemaid Domestic | 4 |
| Butcher | 4 |
| Railway Platelayer | 4 |
| Coal Miner C Hewer | 4 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Wait | 803 |
| Mary Wait | 702 |
| John Wait | 628 |
| Elizabeth Wait | 467 |
| James Wait | 378 |
| George Wait | 371 |
| Sarah Wait | 360 |
| Ann Wait | 325 |
| Thomas Wait | 301 |
| Henry Wait | 234 |
| Jane Wait | 219 |
| Charles Wait | 209 |
| Joseph Wait | 177 |
| Eliza Wait | 154 |
| Robert Wait | 150 |
| Annie Wait | 133 |
| Emma Wait | 133 |
| Richard Wait | 131 |
| Ellen Wait | 129 |
| Alice Wait | 125 |
| Hannah Wait | 122 |
| Edward Wait | 116 |
| Albert Wait | 104 |
| Margaret Wait | 96 |
| Louisa Wait | 93 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waite | 80% | 43,106 |
| 2 | Wait | 100% | 10,495 |
| 3 | Weight | 50% | 7,055 |
| 4 | Waight | 67% | 5,781 |
| 5 | Wayte | 60% | 2,116 |
| 6 | Whaite | 67% | 1,179 |
| 7 | Waitt | 80% | 1,049 |
| 8 | Wate | 50% | 1,014 |
| 9 | Weate | 40% | 908 |
| 10 | Wite | 50% | 818 |
| 11 | Weet | 50% | 643 |
| 12 | Whait | 80% | 641 |
| 13 | Whate | 40% | 519 |
| 14 | Weat | 50% | 469 |
| 15 | Watte | 60% | 237 |
| 16 | Wayt | 75% | 172 |
| 17 | Weait | 80% | 168 |
| 18 | Woot | 50% | 101 |
The surname Wait is the 2nd most popular variant of Waite.