| Bedfordshire | 2 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 6 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 19 |
| Devon | 1 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 0 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 0 |
| Herefordshire | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 9 |
| Lancashire | 21 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 0 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 1 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 3 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 1 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 5 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 3 |
| Staffordshire | 3 |
| Warwickshire | 0 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 9 |
| Yorkshire | 3 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 1 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Laundress Wash | 2 |
| Chevening | 2 |
| Clerk Coal Office | 1 |
| Copper Stamp Maker Works | 1 |
| Cotton Weaver | 1 |
| General Servant Domestic | 1 |
| Hydraulic Mechanic Driller | 1 |
| Labourer In ? | 1 |
| House Keeper | 1 |
| Stoker Royal Navy | 1 |
| Waggoner Farm | 1 |
| Machinist | 1 |
| Railway Navy | 1 |
| Retired Newspaper ? | 1 |
| Game Keeper | 1 |
| Potters Presser Earth | 1 |
| Gold Beater | 1 |
| Tin Plate Goods | 1 |
| Coal Miner C Hewer | 1 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 1 |
| Miner Coal Filler C Hewer Underground | 1 |
| Coal Carter | 1 |
| Gardener Not Domestic | 1 |
| Seamer At Hosiery Factory | 1 |
| Waggoner On Farm Agricultural Horse | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Woolly | 76 |
| John Woolly | 63 |
| Mary Woolly | 55 |
| Elizabeth Woolly | 44 |
| James Woolly | 38 |
| Sarah Woolly | 38 |
| Thomas Woolly | 37 |
| Ann Woolly | 32 |
| George Woolly | 30 |
| Jane Woolly | 28 |
| Henry Woolly | 19 |
| Joseph Woolly | 17 |
| Eliza Woolly | 16 |
| Annie Woolly | 15 |
| Martha Woolly | 15 |
| Emma Woolly | 14 |
| Edward Woolly | 12 |
| Charles Woolly | 11 |
| Frederick Woolly | 11 |
| Maria Woolly | 11 |
| Alice Woolly | 9 |
| Benjamin Woolly | 9 |
| Ellen Woolly | 9 |
| Margaret Woolly | 8 |
| Richard Woolly | 8 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woolley | 86% | 44,497 |
| 2 | Willey | 50% | 21,119 |
| 3 | Wooley | 83% | 13,380 |
| 4 | Walley | 50% | 12,408 |
| 5 | Wolley | 67% | 3,359 |
| 6 | Willy | 67% | 3,278 |
| 7 | Woolly | 100% | 908 |
| 8 | Wally | 67% | 729 |
| 9 | Welley | 50% | 664 |
| 10 | Welly | 67% | 312 |
| 11 | Wooly | 83% | 252 |
| 12 | Wallay | 50% | 218 |
| 13 | Woley | 67% | 111 |
The surname Woolly is the 7th most popular variant of Woolley.