Tooley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Discover how your Tooley ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.

Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 33
Channel Islands 1
Cornwall 2
Devon 44
Durham 6
Glamorgan 6
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 1
Hertfordshire 8
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 12
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 54
London 158
Middlesex 15
Norfolk 173
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 58
Suffolk 22
Surrey 8
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 4
Yorkshire 13
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Somerset 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Tooley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tooley family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 25
Agricultural Labourer 24
Labourer 24
Ag Labourer 21
Male Servant 16
Farmer 12
Independent 10
Shoe Maker 8
Tailor 7
Carpenter 6
Laundress 6
Butcher 5
Charwoman 4
Smith 4
Soldier 3
Ag Lab 3
Porter 3
Dress Maker 2
Gardener 2
Independant 2
Publican 2
Silk Weaver 2
Glover 2
Gloveress 2
Woollen Cloth Dreper Journeyman 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Tooley

Name Census Frequency
William Tooley 557
Mary Tooley 531
John Tooley 512
Elizabeth Tooley 372
George Tooley 289
James Tooley 268
Thomas Tooley 241
Sarah Tooley 218
Ann Tooley 161
Henry Tooley 149
Robert Tooley 145
Charles Tooley 139
Alfred Tooley 118
Eliza Tooley 107
Emma Tooley 102
Annie Tooley 99
Ellen Tooley 97
Jane Tooley 97
Emily Tooley 93
Alice Tooley 92
Hannah Tooley 92
Walter Tooley 82
Richard Tooley 74
Albert Tooley 72
Edward Tooley 72

Tooley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tolley 83% 12,170
2 Tooley 100% 7,899
3 Tiley 67% 5,430
4 Otley 67% 3,694
5 Utley 50% 3,397
6 Tolly 67% 2,712
7 Oatley 50% 2,582
8 Atley 50% 1,370
9 Toley 83% 966
10 Tuley 67% 938
11 Tily 50% 725
12 Taley 67% 531
13 Towley 83% 271
14 Atlay 33% 266
15 Tooly 83% 215
16 Touley 83% 200
17 Teeley 67% 143
18 Eatley 50% 128
19 Tailey 67% 127
20 Tuly 50% 120
21 Tuiley 67% 109
22 Etley 50% 103

Did you know?

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

Search for the Tooley family