Tolley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Tolley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tolley family

Profession Census Frequency
School 254
Coal Miner Hewer 25
General Servant (domestic) 16
Scholar 15
Farm Labourer 15
Private Means 14
General Labourer 13
Farmer 13
None 11
Labourer 9
At School 8
House Painter 8
Laundress 8
Bricklayer 8
General Servant Domestic 7
School Girl 7
Assisting In Business 7
Domestic Servant 7
Dressmaker 7
Cook Domestic 6
House Keeper 6
Police Constable 6
Dress Maker 6
At Home 6
Coal Miner, Hewer 6

Tolley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tilley 83% 25,258
2 Tolley 100% 12,170
3 Tooley 83% 7,899
4 Tully 67% 7,504
5 Tilly 67% 5,324
6 Tulley 83% 3,326
7 Tolly 83% 2,712
8 Toley 83% 966
9 Talley 83% 649
10 Telley 83% 584
11 Tally 67% 440
12 Telly 67% 321
13 Towley 83% 271
14 Tooly 67% 215
15 Tailly 50% 123

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The surname Tolley is the 2nd most popular variant of Tilley.

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