| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 2 |
| Berkshire | 12 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 28 |
| Cornwall | 24 |
| Cumberland | 52 |
| Derbyshire | 1 |
| Devon | 10 |
| Dorset | 3 |
| Durham | 71 |
| Essex | 60 |
| Gloucestershire | 66 |
| Hampshire | 28 |
| Herefordshire | 4 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 24 |
| Lancashire | 97 |
| Leicestershire | 11 |
| Lincolnshire | 2 |
| London | 165 |
| Middlesex | 7 |
| Northumberland | 157 |
| Norfolk | 5 |
| Northamptonshire | 3 |
| Nottinghamshire | 28 |
| Oxfordshire | 6 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 43 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 19 |
| Surrey | 27 |
| Sussex | 8 |
| Staffordshire | 14 |
| Warwickshire | 21 |
| Westmorland | 5 |
| Wiltshire | 17 |
| Worcestershire | 7 |
| Yorkshire | 256 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 13 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 3 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 226 |
| Coal Miner | 24 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 21 |
| General Labourer | 21 |
| Living On Own Means | 15 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 11 |
| Dress Maker | 11 |
| Domestic Servant | 10 |
| Farmer | 8 |
| Labourer | 7 |
| General Servant Domestic | 7 |
| Draper | 7 |
| Joiner | 6 |
| General Servant | 6 |
| House Painter | 6 |
| Mason | 6 |
| Worsted Spinner | 6 |
| Painter | 5 |
| Cook | 4 |
| Grocer | 4 |
| Cotton Weaver | 4 |
| Errand Boy | 4 |
| Laundress | 4 |
| Worsted Weaver | 4 |
| Butcher | 3 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Wear | 544 |
| William Wear | 516 |
| John Wear | 501 |
| Elizabeth Wear | 391 |
| Thomas Wear | 291 |
| James Wear | 269 |
| Sarah Wear | 242 |
| Ann Wear | 230 |
| George Wear | 230 |
| Jane Wear | 202 |
| Joseph Wear | 137 |
| Margaret Wear | 122 |
| Henry Wear | 118 |
| Edward Wear | 112 |
| Emma Wear | 110 |
| Annie Wear | 108 |
| Robert Wear | 108 |
| Charles Wear | 106 |
| Richard Wear | 98 |
| Alice Wear | 91 |
| Hannah Wear | 87 |
| Eliza Wear | 76 |
| Arthur Wear | 67 |
| Catherine Wear | 65 |
| Frederick Wear | 65 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ware | 50% | 38,178 |
| 2 | Weir | 75% | 10,233 |
| 3 | Wroe | 25% | 8,000 |
| 4 | Wear | 100% | 7,626 |
| 5 | Weare | 80% | 4,826 |
| 6 | Wire | 25% | 3,136 |
| 7 | Ewer | 50% | 2,590 |
| 8 | Wier | 50% | 1,314 |
| 9 | Were | 50% | 1,130 |
| 10 | Weer | 75% | 785 |
| 11 | Woore | 40% | 753 |
| 12 | Ower | 50% | 547 |
| 13 | Warre | 40% | 429 |
| 14 | War | 75% | 376 |
| 15 | Wair | 50% | 323 |
| 16 | Woor | 50% | 287 |
| 17 | Wore | 25% | 236 |
| 18 | Wayre | 40% | 232 |
| 19 | Wara | 50% | 210 |
| 20 | Whare | 60% | 203 |
| 21 | Wooer | 40% | 179 |
| 22 | Weaire | 67% | 168 |
The surname Wear is the 4th most popular variant of Ware.