| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 14 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 6 |
| Cheshire | 70 |
| Cornwall | 8 |
| Cumberland | 2 |
| Derbyshire | 15 |
| Devon | 57 |
| Dorset | 16 |
| Durham | 83 |
| Essex | 19 |
| Gloucestershire | 59 |
| Hampshire | 31 |
| Herefordshire | 64 |
| Hertfordshire | 20 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 78 |
| Lancashire | 207 |
| Leicestershire | 20 |
| Lincolnshire | 56 |
| London | 370 |
| Middlesex | 11 |
| Northumberland | 24 |
| Norfolk | 5 |
| Northamptonshire | 22 |
| Nottinghamshire | 18 |
| Oxfordshire | 8 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 213 |
| Suffolk | 2 |
| Somerset | 70 |
| Surrey | 16 |
| Sussex | 14 |
| Staffordshire | 334 |
| Warwickshire | 107 |
| Westmorland | 8 |
| Wiltshire | 39 |
| Worcestershire | 183 |
| Yorkshire | 721 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 7 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 39 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 14 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 49 |
| Monmouthshire | 16 |
| Pembrokeshire | 29 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 525 |
| Labourer | 64 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 58 |
| Coal Miner | 48 |
| General Servant | 38 |
| Domestic Servant | 35 |
| Dress Maker | 28 |
| Carpenter | 21 |
| House Keeper | 19 |
| Farm Labourer | 19 |
| Laundress | 19 |
| Tailor | 18 |
| Farm Servant | 15 |
| Shoe Maker | 15 |
| General Servant Domestic | 14 |
| Miner | 12 |
| Farmer | 11 |
| Wife Of Above | 11 |
| Collier | 11 |
| Servant | 11 |
| Grocer | 11 |
| Farmers Son | 10 |
| Cordwainer | 10 |
| Annuitant | 10 |
| Labourer Wife | 9 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Colley | 1,858 |
| Mary Colley | 1,834 |
| John Colley | 1,785 |
| Thomas Colley | 1,199 |
| Elizabeth Colley | 1,183 |
| George Colley | 1,096 |
| Sarah Colley | 1,079 |
| James Colley | 869 |
| Ann Colley | 682 |
| Jane Colley | 569 |
| Charles Colley | 557 |
| Henry Colley | 511 |
| Eliza Colley | 453 |
| Joseph Colley | 438 |
| Robert Colley | 435 |
| Richard Colley | 427 |
| Alice Colley | 413 |
| Annie Colley | 408 |
| Emma Colley | 341 |
| Hannah Colley | 340 |
| Edward Colley | 317 |
| Ellen Colley | 310 |
| Albert Colley | 273 |
| Emily Colley | 268 |
| Martha Colley | 255 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colley | 100% | 28,567 |
| 2 | Coley | 83% | 14,403 |
| 3 | Culley | 83% | 9,161 |
| 4 | Cooley | 83% | 6,530 |
| 5 | Calley | 83% | 2,480 |
| 6 | Cully | 67% | 2,452 |
| 7 | Colly | 83% | 2,020 |
| 8 | Collie | 67% | 1,685 |
| 9 | Cluley | 67% | 818 |
| 10 | Cally | 67% | 264 |
| 11 | Coly | 67% | 162 |
| 12 | Cooly | 67% | 147 |
The surname Colley is the most popular version of all its varients