| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 16 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 22 |
| Devon | 0 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Durham | 8 |
| Essex | 5 |
| Gloucestershire | 13 |
| Hampshire | 0 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 4 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 21 |
| Lancashire | 39 |
| Leicestershire | 7 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 87 |
| Middlesex | 1 |
| Northumberland | 7 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 15 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 4 |
| Shropshire | 32 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 13 |
| Surrey | 2 |
| Sussex | 4 |
| Staffordshire | 68 |
| Warwickshire | 34 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 25 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 4 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 10 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 8 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 71 |
| Coal Miner | 14 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 10 |
| General Labourer | 8 |
| Blacksmith | 7 |
| Tailoress | 5 |
| Domestic Servant | 4 |
| Labourer | 4 |
| Dress Maker | 3 |
| Joiner | 3 |
| Boot Binder | 3 |
| Charwoman | 3 |
| Living On Own Means | 3 |
| General Servant | 3 |
| Lace Mender | 3 |
| General Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Cotton Operative | 2 |
| House Keeper | 2 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 2 |
| Tailor | 2 |
| Police Constable | 2 |
| General Servant Domestic | 2 |
| Warehousewoman | 2 |
| Brown Saddler | 2 |
| Fustian Tailoress | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Wolley | 242 |
| John Wolley | 235 |
| William Wolley | 234 |
| Thomas Wolley | 152 |
| Elizabeth Wolley | 144 |
| Sarah Wolley | 129 |
| George Wolley | 119 |
| Ann Wolley | 91 |
| James Wolley | 85 |
| Joseph Wolley | 85 |
| Charles Wolley | 81 |
| Jane Wolley | 74 |
| Henry Wolley | 56 |
| Ellen Wolley | 55 |
| Emma Wolley | 54 |
| Eliza Wolley | 49 |
| Edward Wolley | 46 |
| Alice Wolley | 43 |
| Martha Wolley | 40 |
| Alfred Wolley | 36 |
| Hannah Wolley | 36 |
| Robert Wolley | 35 |
| Samuel Wolley | 35 |
| Annie Wolley | 32 |
| Arthur Wolley | 31 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woolley | 86% | 44,497 |
| 2 | Willey | 83% | 21,119 |
| 3 | Walley | 83% | 12,408 |
| 4 | Wolley | 100% | 3,359 |
| 5 | Willy | 67% | 3,278 |
| 6 | Woolly | 67% | 908 |
| 7 | Wally | 67% | 729 |
| 8 | Welley | 83% | 664 |
| 9 | Welly | 67% | 312 |
| 10 | Wallay | 67% | 218 |
| 11 | Wattley | 57% | 178 |
The surname Wolley is the 4th most popular variant of Woolley.