| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 18 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 6 |
| Cornwall | 15 |
| Cumberland | 6 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 12 |
| Dorset | 3 |
| Durham | 11 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 0 |
| Herefordshire | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 3 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 1 |
| Lancashire | 15 |
| Leicestershire | 3 |
| Lincolnshire | 18 |
| London | 54 |
| Middlesex | 22 |
| Northumberland | 3 |
| Norfolk | 1 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 3 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 15 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 0 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 4 |
| Yorkshire | 15 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 43 |
| Labourer | 8 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 5 |
| Lace Maker | 3 |
| Tin Miner | 3 |
| Box Maker | 3 |
| Brick Layer | 2 |
| Farm Labourer | 2 |
| General Servant Domestic | 2 |
| General Servant | 2 |
| Cotton Winder | 2 |
| Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Servant | 2 |
| Seaman | 2 |
| Sempstress | 2 |
| Servant Domestic | 2 |
| Brick Layers Labourer | 2 |
| Joiner | 2 |
| Assistant Mistress | 1 |
| Barman | 1 |
| Carman | 1 |
| Coachman | 1 |
| Dressmaker | 1 |
| Driver | 1 |
| General Serv | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Folly | 148 |
| William Folly | 131 |
| John Folly | 105 |
| Elizabeth Folly | 88 |
| James Folly | 64 |
| Sarah Folly | 60 |
| Thomas Folly | 52 |
| Joseph Folly | 49 |
| George Folly | 48 |
| Ellen Folly | 38 |
| Henry Folly | 38 |
| Eliza Folly | 37 |
| Jane Folly | 37 |
| Richard Folly | 35 |
| Alice Folly | 34 |
| Ann Folly | 33 |
| Charles Folly | 32 |
| Robert Folly | 23 |
| Emma Folly | 22 |
| Annie Folly | 19 |
| Frederick Folly | 19 |
| Margaret Folly | 19 |
| Catherine Folly | 17 |
| Hannah Folly | 16 |
| Susan Folly | 16 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foley | 80% | 21,619 |
| 2 | Folley | 83% | 4,063 |
| 3 | Folly | 100% | 1,760 |
| 4 | Filley | 67% | 1,065 |
| 5 | Fully | 80% | 472 |
| 6 | Fally | 80% | 466 |
| 7 | Fulley | 67% | 307 |
| 8 | Filly | 80% | 280 |
| 9 | Fooley | 67% | 269 |
| 10 | Falley | 67% | 209 |
| 11 | Foly | 80% | 204 |
| 12 | Felly | 80% | 177 |
| 13 | Felley | 67% | 156 |
The surname Folly is the 3rd most popular variant of Foley.