Tooley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Tooley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tooley family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 18
Living On Own Means 18
Agricultural Labourer 12
Farmer 12
General Servant Domestic 11
Housemaid Domestic 7
Scholar 7
Gardener Domestic 7
Domestic Servant 6
Dress Maker 6
Farmer's Son 6
Draper Assistant 5
Laundress Wash 5
Fisherman 5
At School 5
Attending School 5
Railway Guard 4
Tailor 4
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 4
House Keeper Domestic 4
Carman 3
Dock Labourer 3
Ironstone Miner Below Ground 3
Watchman 3
Domestic General Servant 3

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

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

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