| Bedfordshire | 6 |
| Buckinghamshire | 15 |
| Berkshire | 10 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 4 |
| Cheshire | 16 |
| Cornwall | 174 |
| Cumberland | 4 |
| Derbyshire | 24 |
| Devon | 152 |
| Dorset | 9 |
| Durham | 263 |
| Essex | 53 |
| Gloucestershire | 45 |
| Hampshire | 12 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 46 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 4 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 50 |
| Lancashire | 48 |
| Leicestershire | 72 |
| Lincolnshire | 249 |
| London | 249 |
| Middlesex | 16 |
| Northumberland | 48 |
| Norfolk | 10 |
| Northamptonshire | 18 |
| Nottinghamshire | 95 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 4 |
| Shropshire | 7 |
| Suffolk | 36 |
| Somerset | 147 |
| Surrey | 16 |
| Sussex | 35 |
| Staffordshire | 19 |
| Warwickshire | 52 |
| Westmorland | 8 |
| Wiltshire | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 80 |
| Yorkshire | 639 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 1 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 8 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 35 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 7 |
| Monmouthshire | 16 |
| Pembrokeshire | 6 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 550 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 67 |
| Dress Maker | 37 |
| Domestic Servant | 31 |
| Farm Labourer | 29 |
| Coal Miner | 26 |
| General Servant | 19 |
| General Labourer | 18 |
| Labourer | 17 |
| Farm Servant Indoor | 16 |
| Laundress | 15 |
| Annuitant | 13 |
| General Servant Domestic | 12 |
| Tailor | 11 |
| Gardener | 11 |
| Shoe Maker | 10 |
| Cook | 9 |
| Joiner | 9 |
| Butcher | 9 |
| Servant | 8 |
| Grocer | 8 |
| Cabinet Maker | 7 |
| Draper | 7 |
| Engine Fitter | 7 |
| Errand Boy | 7 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Willey | 1,497 |
| John Willey | 1,433 |
| Elizabeth Willey | 902 |
| William Willey | 902 |
| Thomas Willey | 842 |
| George Willey | 768 |
| Sarah Willey | 694 |
| James Willey | 512 |
| Ann Willey | 498 |
| Henry Willey | 464 |
| Jane Willey | 461 |
| Charles Willey | 421 |
| Joseph Willey | 415 |
| Eliza Willey | 324 |
| Robert Willey | 318 |
| Emma Willey | 300 |
| Edward Willey | 291 |
| Alice Willey | 254 |
| Frederick Willey | 247 |
| Ellen Willey | 246 |
| Annie Willey | 243 |
| Arthur Willey | 229 |
| Samuel Willey | 226 |
| Emily Willey | 194 |
| Alfred Willey | 192 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woolley | 71% | 44,497 |
| 2 | Willey | 100% | 21,119 |
| 3 | Walley | 83% | 12,408 |
| 4 | Wiley | 83% | 5,529 |
| 5 | Wylie | 50% | 5,512 |
| 6 | Wolley | 83% | 3,359 |
| 7 | Willy | 83% | 3,278 |
| 8 | Wyllie | 50% | 1,530 |
| 9 | Woolly | 50% | 908 |
| 10 | Wally | 67% | 729 |
| 11 | Welley | 83% | 664 |
| 12 | Welly | 67% | 312 |
| 13 | Wallay | 67% | 218 |
The surname Willey is the 2nd most popular variant of Woolley.