| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 1 |
| Cornwall | 7 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 3 |
| Dorset | 2 |
| Durham | 21 |
| Essex | 16 |
| Gloucestershire | 4 |
| Hampshire | 4 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 8 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 3 |
| Kent | 16 |
| Lancashire | 11 |
| Leicestershire | 1 |
| Lincolnshire | 8 |
| London | 134 |
| Middlesex | 4 |
| Northumberland | 6 |
| Norfolk | 4 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 7 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 71 |
| Surrey | 3 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 5 |
| Warwickshire | 5 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 23 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 1 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 2 |
| Pembrokeshire | 2 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 62 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 13 |
| Labourer | 8 |
| Laundress | 5 |
| General Servant | 5 |
| Domestic Servant | 4 |
| Servant | 4 |
| Clerk | 4 |
| General Servant Domestic | 3 |
| Tanner | 3 |
| Tailor | 2 |
| Carpenter | 2 |
| Income From Interest Of Money | 2 |
| Butcher | 2 |
| Coal Miner | 2 |
| Game Keeper | 2 |
| Blacksmith | 2 |
| Dress Maker | 2 |
| Goldbeaters Skin Fitter | 2 |
| Packing Case Maker | 2 |
| Trimming Maker | 2 |
| Undertaker | 2 |
| Frame Work | 2 |
| Farmers Wife | 2 |
| Lodging House Keeper | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Willy | 211 |
| John Willy | 196 |
| Thomas Willy | 155 |
| William Willy | 147 |
| Elizabeth Willy | 140 |
| James Willy | 100 |
| Sarah Willy | 96 |
| George Willy | 90 |
| Ann Willy | 89 |
| Henry Willy | 69 |
| Jane Willy | 63 |
| Charles Willy | 55 |
| Robert Willy | 53 |
| Joseph Willy | 45 |
| Emily Willy | 43 |
| Edward Willy | 42 |
| Eliza Willy | 40 |
| Annie Willy | 39 |
| Arthur Willy | 39 |
| Alice Willy | 38 |
| Emma Willy | 37 |
| Alfred Willy | 34 |
| Frederick Willy | 32 |
| Margaret Willy | 32 |
| Walter Willy | 30 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woolley | 57% | 44,497 |
| 2 | Willey | 83% | 21,119 |
| 3 | Walley | 67% | 12,408 |
| 4 | Wiley | 80% | 5,529 |
| 5 | Wylie | 40% | 5,512 |
| 6 | Wolley | 67% | 3,359 |
| 7 | Willy | 100% | 3,278 |
| 8 | Wyllie | 50% | 1,530 |
| 9 | Woolly | 67% | 908 |
| 10 | Wally | 80% | 729 |
| 11 | Welley | 67% | 664 |
| 12 | Welly | 80% | 312 |
| 13 | Wallay | 67% | 218 |
The surname Willy is the 7th most popular variant of Woolley.