| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 2 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 1 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 3 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 5 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 2 |
| Hampshire | 1 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 2 |
| Lancashire | 6 |
| Leicestershire | 7 |
| Lincolnshire | 11 |
| London | 16 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 6 |
| Sussex | 3 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 2 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 5 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 3 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 4 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 4 |
| Domestic Servant | 4 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 3 |
| Carpenter | 2 |
| Assistant Dressmaker | 1 |
| Domestic Homework | 1 |
| Drapers Apprentice | 1 |
| Drapers Millener | 1 |
| Groom Domestic | 1 |
| Housekeeper | 1 |
| Town Postman | 1 |
| Coachman (domestic) | 1 |
| Farm Labourer | 1 |
| Labourer On Farm | 1 |
| School Boy | 1 |
| School Girl | 1 |
| Railway Clerk | 1 |
| Shopkeeper | 1 |
| Gardener | 1 |
| Boots (ironer) | 1 |
| Hairdresser | 1 |
| Hosiery (seamer) | 1 |
| Hosiery (warehouseman) | 1 |
| Dealer Jewellery Assistant | 1 |
| Private Means | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Welley | 46 |
| John Welley | 45 |
| Elizabeth Welley | 33 |
| William Welley | 29 |
| George Welley | 28 |
| Sarah Welley | 25 |
| Thomas Welley | 18 |
| Charles Welley | 16 |
| Henry Welley | 14 |
| James Welley | 14 |
| Ellen Welley | 13 |
| Emma Welley | 12 |
| Robert Welley | 11 |
| Ann Welley | 10 |
| Joseph Welley | 10 |
| Eliza Welley | 9 |
| Fanny Welley | 9 |
| Samuel Welley | 9 |
| Alice Welley | 8 |
| Annie Welley | 8 |
| Edith Welley | 8 |
| Frederick Welley | 7 |
| Hannah Welley | 7 |
| Alfred Welley | 6 |
| Catherine Welley | 6 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woolley | 71% | 44,497 |
| 2 | Willey | 83% | 21,119 |
| 3 | Walley | 83% | 12,408 |
| 4 | Wolley | 83% | 3,359 |
| 5 | Willy | 67% | 3,278 |
| 6 | Woolly | 50% | 908 |
| 7 | Wally | 67% | 729 |
| 8 | Welley | 100% | 664 |
| 9 | Welly | 83% | 312 |
| 10 | Wallay | 67% | 218 |
The surname Welley is the 8th most popular variant of Woolley.