| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 3 |
| Berkshire | 24 |
| Cambridgeshire | 37 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 5 |
| Cornwall | 38 |
| Cumberland | 6 |
| Derbyshire | 217 |
| Devon | 10 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 36 |
| Essex | 173 |
| Gloucestershire | 30 |
| Hampshire | 14 |
| Herefordshire | 3 |
| Hertfordshire | 9 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 84 |
| Lancashire | 70 |
| Leicestershire | 5 |
| Lincolnshire | 100 |
| London | 277 |
| Middlesex | 55 |
| Northumberland | 6 |
| Norfolk | 31 |
| Northamptonshire | 6 |
| Nottinghamshire | 114 |
| Oxfordshire | 15 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 5 |
| Suffolk | 114 |
| Somerset | 9 |
| Surrey | 30 |
| Sussex | 8 |
| Staffordshire | 154 |
| Warwickshire | 30 |
| Westmorland | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 31 |
| Worcestershire | 19 |
| Yorkshire | 124 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 1 |
| Glamorgan | 40 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 9 |
| Pembrokeshire | 1 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 415 |
| General Labourer | 37 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 36 |
| Coal Miner | 29 |
| Domestic Servant | 22 |
| Farm Labourer | 16 |
| Dress Maker | 15 |
| Living On Own Means | 12 |
| Labourer | 12 |
| General Servant | 11 |
| Brick Layer | 9 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 9 |
| Tailoress | 9 |
| Grocer | 8 |
| Errand Boy | 8 |
| Laundress | 8 |
| General Servant Domestic | 7 |
| Clerk | 7 |
| Joiner | 6 |
| House Keeper | 6 |
| Shoe Maker | 6 |
| General Domestic Servant | 5 |
| Gardener | 5 |
| Blacksmith | 5 |
| Farm Servant | 5 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Eley | 897 |
| Mary Eley | 770 |
| John Eley | 749 |
| George Eley | 529 |
| Elizabeth Eley | 515 |
| Sarah Eley | 479 |
| Thomas Eley | 441 |
| James Eley | 362 |
| Charles Eley | 320 |
| Joseph Eley | 276 |
| Ann Eley | 259 |
| Henry Eley | 259 |
| Eliza Eley | 243 |
| Alice Eley | 228 |
| Annie Eley | 222 |
| Emma Eley | 197 |
| Jane Eley | 187 |
| Alfred Eley | 167 |
| Arthur Eley | 159 |
| Frederick Eley | 158 |
| Robert Eley | 154 |
| Ellen Eley | 152 |
| Samuel Eley | 150 |
| Emily Eley | 143 |
| Walter Eley | 143 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lay | 50% | 17,630 |
| 2 | Eley | 100% | 13,721 |
| 3 | Ely | 75% | 12,676 |
| 4 | Ley | 75% | 10,502 |
| 5 | Lye | 25% | 6,717 |
| 6 | Ealey | 80% | 2,444 |
| 7 | Elley | 80% | 2,426 |
| 8 | Loy | 50% | 2,069 |
| 9 | Aley | 75% | 1,828 |
| 10 | Iley | 75% | 1,726 |
| 11 | Leay | 50% | 1,019 |
| 12 | Oley | 75% | 651 |
| 13 | Laye | 25% | 642 |
| 14 | Loye | 25% | 425 |
| 15 | Ealy | 50% | 393 |
| 16 | Elay | 75% | 272 |
| 17 | Ailey | 60% | 270 |
| 18 | Leoy | 50% | 213 |
| 19 | Auley | 60% | 164 |
| 20 | Eeley | 80% | 119 |
| 21 | Eloy | 75% | 115 |
| 22 | Oaley | 60% | 110 |
The surname Eley is the 2nd most popular variant of Lay.