| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 27 |
| Cheshire | 2 |
| Cornwall | 1 |
| Cumberland | 8 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 2 |
| Dorset | 2 |
| Durham | 4 |
| Essex | 311 |
| Gloucestershire | 1 |
| Hampshire | 19 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 5 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 12 |
| Lancashire | 19 |
| Leicestershire | 1 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 113 |
| Middlesex | 9 |
| Northumberland | 5 |
| Norfolk | 5 |
| Northamptonshire | 4 |
| Nottinghamshire | 5 |
| Oxfordshire | 14 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 23 |
| Somerset | 1 |
| Surrey | 3 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 6 |
| Warwickshire | 9 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 5 |
| Yorkshire | 5 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 1 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 15 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 5 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 109 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 78 |
| House Servant | 9 |
| Labourer | 7 |
| Farm Labourer | 7 |
| Servant | 6 |
| Coal Miner | 6 |
| Wife | 4 |
| Agricultural Labourer Son | 4 |
| House Keeper | 4 |
| Labourer's Daughter | 4 |
| Laundress | 4 |
| Wife Of Above | 4 |
| Labourer In Iron Works | 4 |
| Farmers Son | 3 |
| Fund Holder | 3 |
| Retired Farmer | 3 |
| Carter | 3 |
| Carpenter | 3 |
| Gardener | 3 |
| General Servant | 3 |
| Labourer's Wife | 3 |
| Tailoress | 3 |
| Tambour Worker | 3 |
| Wood Man | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Polley | 492 |
| Mary Polley | 374 |
| Elizabeth Polley | 321 |
| John Polley | 309 |
| Sarah Polley | 291 |
| George Polley | 287 |
| James Polley | 236 |
| Charles Polley | 183 |
| Eliza Polley | 147 |
| Henry Polley | 141 |
| Thomas Polley | 127 |
| Ann Polley | 121 |
| Arthur Polley | 119 |
| Frederick Polley | 118 |
| Emma Polley | 112 |
| Alfred Polley | 98 |
| Ellen Polley | 95 |
| Joseph Polley | 95 |
| Robert Polley | 93 |
| Alice Polley | 88 |
| Jane Polley | 88 |
| Edward Polley | 87 |
| David Polley | 85 |
| Emily Polley | 84 |
| Louisa Polley | 75 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pooley | 83% | 17,340 |
| 2 | Polley | 100% | 6,945 |
| 3 | Pulley | 83% | 4,222 |
| 4 | Pilley | 83% | 3,546 |
| 5 | Polly | 83% | 1,853 |
| 6 | Poley | 83% | 1,736 |
| 7 | Pelly | 67% | 1,381 |
| 8 | Pelley | 83% | 695 |
| 9 | Paulley | 71% | 408 |
| 10 | Pully | 67% | 284 |
| 11 | Palley | 83% | 259 |
| 12 | Pilly | 67% | 176 |
| 13 | Pally | 67% | 151 |
The surname Polley is the 2nd most popular variant of Pooley.