| Bedfordshire | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 3 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 3 |
| Cheshire | 1 |
| Cornwall | 5 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 2 |
| Devon | 12 |
| Dorset | 16 |
| Durham | 0 |
| Essex | 24 |
| Gloucestershire | 7 |
| Hampshire | 21 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 13 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 1 |
| Lancashire | 30 |
| Leicestershire | 1 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 44 |
| Middlesex | 16 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 1 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 5 |
| Sussex | 12 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 12 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 7 |
| Worcestershire | 4 |
| Yorkshire | 3 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 2 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 6 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Living On Own Means | 12 |
| Dress Maker | 4 |
| Ordinary Agricultural Labourer | 3 |
| Clerk | 2 |
| Scholar | 2 |
| Pupil Student | 2 |
| Factory Labourer | 2 |
| School Mistress | 2 |
| On Own Means | 1 |
| Superintendant Country Constabulatory | 1 |
| Traveller In Files | 1 |
| Asst Steward On Ship | 1 |
| Carrier | 1 |
| Inn Keeper | 1 |
| Pupil | 1 |
| Draper Assistant | 1 |
| Isinglass Merchant | 1 |
| None | 1 |
| Stone Sawyer | 1 |
| Sugar & Singlass Merchant Grocer | 1 |
| Brick Layer | 1 |
| Brickworker | 1 |
| Buildings Labourer | 1 |
| Clerk In Holy Order | 1 |
| Hay Merchant | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| John Pelly | 85 |
| William Pelly | 78 |
| Mary Pelly | 65 |
| Elizabeth Pelly | 58 |
| Charles Pelly | 38 |
| Thomas Pelly | 36 |
| George Pelly | 33 |
| Alice Pelly | 29 |
| Sarah Pelly | 29 |
| Henry Pelly | 27 |
| Jane Pelly | 23 |
| Margaret Pelly | 22 |
| James Pelly | 20 |
| Eliza Pelly | 19 |
| Emma Pelly | 19 |
| Ann Pelly | 18 |
| Arthur Pelly | 18 |
| Richard Pelly | 18 |
| Emily Pelly | 17 |
| Florence Pelly | 17 |
| Annie Pelly | 16 |
| Albert Pelly | 15 |
| Alfred Pelly | 15 |
| Ellen Pelly | 15 |
| Frederick Pelly | 15 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polley | 67% | 6,945 |
| 2 | Pulley | 67% | 4,222 |
| 3 | Pilley | 67% | 3,546 |
| 4 | Polly | 80% | 1,853 |
| 5 | Pelly | 100% | 1,381 |
| 6 | Pelley | 83% | 695 |
| 7 | Paulley | 57% | 408 |
| 8 | Pully | 80% | 284 |
| 9 | Palley | 67% | 259 |
| 10 | Pilly | 80% | 176 |
| 11 | Pally | 80% | 151 |
The surname Pelly is the 5th most popular variant of Polley.