| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 51 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 8 |
| Cornwall | 4 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 1 |
| Devon | 23 |
| Dorset | 11 |
| Durham | 25 |
| Essex | 8 |
| Gloucestershire | 45 |
| Hampshire | 74 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 14 |
| Lancashire | 21 |
| Leicestershire | 23 |
| Lincolnshire | 4 |
| London | 87 |
| Middlesex | 19 |
| Northumberland | 6 |
| Norfolk | 1 |
| Northamptonshire | 15 |
| Nottinghamshire | 19 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 4 |
| Somerset | 6 |
| Surrey | 43 |
| Sussex | 4 |
| Staffordshire | 44 |
| Warwickshire | 17 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 44 |
| Worcestershire | 10 |
| Yorkshire | 84 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 21 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 1 |
| Monmouthshire | 2 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 128 |
| General Labourer | 18 |
| Dress Maker | 13 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 12 |
| Domestic Servant | 9 |
| Coal Miner | 7 |
| Living On Own Means | 7 |
| Labourer | 6 |
| Brick Layer | 4 |
| Laundress | 4 |
| General Servant | 4 |
| Charwoman | 4 |
| Tailoress | 4 |
| General Servant Domestic | 4 |
| Errand Boy | 3 |
| Carpenter | 3 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 3 |
| Butcher | 3 |
| Draper's Assistant | 3 |
| General Domestic Servant | 3 |
| Grocer Assistant | 3 |
| Farm Labourer | 3 |
| Cabinet Maker | 3 |
| Bricklayer | 3 |
| Pauper Inmate | 3 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Wellis | 169 |
| William Wellis | 155 |
| John Wellis | 143 |
| Elizabeth Wellis | 121 |
| George Wellis | 101 |
| Thomas Wellis | 93 |
| James Wellis | 76 |
| Henry Wellis | 69 |
| Sarah Wellis | 68 |
| Ann Wellis | 55 |
| Charles Wellis | 48 |
| Frederick Wellis | 47 |
| Jane Wellis | 46 |
| Annie Wellis | 44 |
| Eliza Wellis | 43 |
| Emma Wellis | 38 |
| Alice Wellis | 36 |
| Ellen Wellis | 35 |
| Joseph Wellis | 34 |
| Robert Wellis | 32 |
| Samuel Wellis | 31 |
| Hannah Wellis | 28 |
| Richard Wellis | 27 |
| Alfred Wellis | 25 |
| Margaret Wellis | 24 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wells | 83% | 171,754 |
| 2 | Willis | 83% | 106,940 |
| 3 | Wills | 67% | 78,607 |
| 4 | Wallis | 83% | 73,315 |
| 5 | Walls | 67% | 27,068 |
| 6 | Willes | 67% | 9,795 |
| 7 | Walles | 67% | 4,645 |
| 8 | Wellis | 100% | 2,620 |
| 9 | Willies | 71% | 2,051 |
| 10 | Wallas | 67% | 1,603 |
| 11 | Welles | 83% | 1,413 |
| 12 | Woolls | 50% | 558 |
| 13 | Willas | 67% | 375 |
| 14 | Wallies | 71% | 223 |
| 15 | Willsea | 43% | 214 |
| 16 | Willias | 71% | 191 |
| 17 | Woollas | 57% | 181 |
| 18 | Wallase | 57% | 131 |
| 19 | Woollis | 71% | 121 |
| 20 | Wollas | 67% | 107 |
| 21 | Wollis | 83% | 101 |
The surname Wellis is the 8th most popular variant of Wells.