| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 3 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 7 |
| Cheshire | 0 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 1 |
| Devon | 1 |
| Dorset | 2 |
| Durham | 0 |
| Essex | 11 |
| Gloucestershire | 2 |
| Hampshire | 6 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 10 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 8 |
| Lancashire | 17 |
| Leicestershire | 2 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 13 |
| Middlesex | 25 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 3 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 2 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 6 |
| Somerset | 13 |
| Surrey | 23 |
| Sussex | 16 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 0 |
| Westmorland | 5 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 34 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 2 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 43 |
| Carpenter | 3 |
| Dress Maker | 3 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 3 |
| Retired Merchant | 3 |
| Blacksmith | 2 |
| Servant | 2 |
| Worsted Spinner Overlooker | 2 |
| Painter | 2 |
| Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Labourer | 2 |
| Printer | 2 |
| General Labourer | 2 |
| Member Stock Exchange | 2 |
| Apprentice | 1 |
| Shipwright | 1 |
| Naval Cadet | 1 |
| Police Constable | 1 |
| Annuitant Daughter | 1 |
| Char Woman | 1 |
| Indoor Servant Domestic | 1 |
| Cloth Worker | 1 |
| Glover | 1 |
| Independent | 1 |
| Painter Or Plumber | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| John Pelly | 85 |
| William Pelly | 78 |
| Mary Pelly | 65 |
| Elizabeth Pelly | 58 |
| Charles Pelly | 38 |
| Thomas Pelly | 36 |
| George Pelly | 33 |
| Alice Pelly | 29 |
| Sarah Pelly | 29 |
| Henry Pelly | 27 |
| Jane Pelly | 23 |
| Margaret Pelly | 22 |
| James Pelly | 20 |
| Eliza Pelly | 19 |
| Emma Pelly | 19 |
| Ann Pelly | 18 |
| Arthur Pelly | 18 |
| Richard Pelly | 18 |
| Emily Pelly | 17 |
| Florence Pelly | 17 |
| Annie Pelly | 16 |
| Albert Pelly | 15 |
| Alfred Pelly | 15 |
| Ellen Pelly | 15 |
| Frederick Pelly | 15 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polley | 67% | 6,945 |
| 2 | Pulley | 67% | 4,222 |
| 3 | Pilley | 67% | 3,546 |
| 4 | Polly | 80% | 1,853 |
| 5 | Pelly | 100% | 1,381 |
| 6 | Pelley | 83% | 695 |
| 7 | Paulley | 57% | 408 |
| 8 | Pully | 80% | 284 |
| 9 | Palley | 67% | 259 |
| 10 | Pilly | 80% | 176 |
| 11 | Pally | 80% | 151 |
The surname Pelly is the 5th most popular variant of Polley.