| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 17 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 4 |
| Cornwall | 3 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 8 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Durham | 17 |
| Essex | 2 |
| Gloucestershire | 9 |
| Hampshire | 14 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 17 |
| Lancashire | 40 |
| Leicestershire | 1 |
| Lincolnshire | 9 |
| London | 159 |
| Middlesex | 11 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 1 |
| Northamptonshire | 7 |
| Nottinghamshire | 7 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 1 |
| Somerset | 7 |
| Surrey | 19 |
| Sussex | 8 |
| Staffordshire | 11 |
| Warwickshire | 8 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 16 |
| Yorkshire | 45 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 71 |
| Living On Own Means | 11 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 6 |
| General Labourer | 5 |
| General Servant | 5 |
| House Keeper | 4 |
| Coal Miner | 4 |
| Clerk | 3 |
| Baker | 3 |
| Domestic Servant | 3 |
| General Domestic Servant | 2 |
| General Servant Domestic | 2 |
| Labourer | 2 |
| Cook Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Laundress | 2 |
| Dress Maker | 2 |
| Apprentice | 2 |
| Wood Turner | 2 |
| Charwoman | 2 |
| Cook | 2 |
| Farrier | 2 |
| G Serv | 2 |
| Nurse | 2 |
| Inn Hotel Waiter | 2 |
| Cotton Spinner | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Welles | 97 |
| William Welles | 87 |
| Elizabeth Welles | 64 |
| John Welles | 62 |
| George Welles | 57 |
| Sarah Welles | 55 |
| James Welles | 54 |
| Thomas Welles | 48 |
| Charles Welles | 45 |
| Jane Welles | 38 |
| Ann Welles | 26 |
| Henry Welles | 23 |
| Eliza Welles | 22 |
| Emma Welles | 21 |
| Arthur Welles | 19 |
| Ellen Welles | 18 |
| Alfred Welles | 17 |
| Edward Welles | 17 |
| Florence Welles | 17 |
| Frederick Welles | 17 |
| Hannah Welles | 16 |
| Alice Welles | 15 |
| Martha Welles | 15 |
| Emily Welles | 14 |
| Robert Welles | 14 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wells | 83% | 171,754 |
| 2 | Willis | 67% | 106,940 |
| 3 | Wills | 67% | 78,607 |
| 4 | Wallis | 67% | 73,315 |
| 5 | Walls | 67% | 27,068 |
| 6 | Willes | 83% | 9,795 |
| 7 | Walles | 83% | 4,645 |
| 8 | Wellis | 83% | 2,620 |
| 9 | Willies | 71% | 2,051 |
| 10 | Wallas | 67% | 1,603 |
| 11 | Welles | 100% | 1,413 |
| 12 | Woolls | 50% | 558 |
| 13 | Willas | 67% | 375 |
| 14 | Wallies | 71% | 223 |
| 15 | Willsea | 57% | 214 |
| 16 | Weles | 83% | 201 |
| 17 | Willias | 57% | 191 |
| 18 | Woollas | 57% | 181 |
| 19 | Wallase | 57% | 131 |
| 20 | Woollis | 57% | 121 |
| 21 | Wollas | 67% | 107 |
| 22 | Wollis | 67% | 101 |
The surname Welles is the 11th most popular variant of Wells.