| Bedfordshire | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 5 |
| Berkshire | 15 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 531 |
| Cornwall | 11 |
| Cumberland | 3 |
| Derbyshire | 15 |
| Devon | 19 |
| Dorset | 10 |
| Durham | 18 |
| Essex | 26 |
| Gloucestershire | 9 |
| Hampshire | 24 |
| Herefordshire | 5 |
| Hertfordshire | 16 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 2 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 9 |
| Lancashire | 298 |
| Leicestershire | 24 |
| Lincolnshire | 11 |
| London | 60 |
| Middlesex | 13 |
| Northumberland | 12 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 4 |
| Nottinghamshire | 3 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 2 |
| Shropshire | 88 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 4 |
| Surrey | 8 |
| Sussex | 2 |
| Staffordshire | 517 |
| Warwickshire | 8 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 24 |
| Yorkshire | 54 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 1 |
| Carnarvonshire | 8 |
| Carmarthenshire | 1 |
| Denbighshire | 23 |
| Flintshire | 1 |
| Glamorgan | 3 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 6 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 1 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 227 |
| Farmer | 19 |
| None | 16 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 14 |
| Labourer | 14 |
| Private Means | 12 |
| At School | 11 |
| General Labourer | 9 |
| Farm Labourer | 9 |
| Dressmaker | 8 |
| Railway Clerk | 7 |
| Clerk | 7 |
| Grocer | 7 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 6 |
| Old Age Pensioner | 6 |
| General Servant Domestic | 6 |
| Butcher | 6 |
| Engine Fitter | 6 |
| Farmers Son Working On Farm | 6 |
| Tailoress | 6 |
| Housekeeper | 5 |
| At Home | 5 |
| Weaver | 5 |
| Bricklayer | 5 |
| Errand Boy | 4 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Walley | 856 |
| John Walley | 843 |
| William Walley | 788 |
| Thomas Walley | 606 |
| Elizabeth Walley | 519 |
| Sarah Walley | 481 |
| George Walley | 476 |
| James Walley | 424 |
| Ann Walley | 356 |
| Jane Walley | 274 |
| Joseph Walley | 254 |
| Samuel Walley | 244 |
| Henry Walley | 214 |
| Emma Walley | 203 |
| Annie Walley | 196 |
| Charles Walley | 191 |
| Eliza Walley | 191 |
| Hannah Walley | 184 |
| Ellen Walley | 167 |
| Arthur Walley | 162 |
| Martha Walley | 150 |
| Alice Walley | 145 |
| Richard Walley | 128 |
| Margaret Walley | 127 |
| Edward Walley | 113 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woolley | 71% | 44,497 |
| 2 | Willey | 83% | 21,119 |
| 3 | Walley | 100% | 12,408 |
| 4 | Wolley | 83% | 3,359 |
| 5 | Willy | 67% | 3,278 |
| 6 | Whally | 67% | 1,120 |
| 7 | Woolly | 50% | 908 |
| 8 | Waley | 83% | 763 |
| 9 | Wally | 83% | 729 |
| 10 | Welley | 83% | 664 |
| 11 | Welly | 67% | 312 |
| 12 | Wallay | 83% | 218 |
The surname Walley is the 3rd most popular variant of Woolley.