Keeley family name history and map
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Keeley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 330 people named Keeley in Ireland; roughly one in every 13,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 163 men and 166 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Keeley in Ireland
Dublin was Keeley country: 43% of them (142 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Galway (27), Louth (24), Wexford (20) and Armagh (18).
Keeley average age in 1911
The average Keeley in 1911 was 27.1 years old, 25.6 for men and 28.7 for women; a touch younger than the national averages of 29.6 for men and 30.5 for women. That low figure reflects just how many children there were in Edwardian Ireland, along with high infant mortality and the limits of public health at the time. For comparison, average life expectancy in Ireland today is around 83.
Keeley literacy in 1911
Of the Keeleys whose literacy was recorded, 81.2% could both read and write, 4.4% could read but not write, and 14.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 82.4% reading and writing against 79.9% of men. Bear in mind these figures include young children; the census itself only counted people aged nine and over when calculating illiteracy, on the grounds that it was unfair to label a child illiterate before they'd had a chance to learn.
Keeley common first names
The most common male names were James (21), John, Thomas, Patrick and Joseph. For women it was Mary (28), followed by Bridget, Ellen, Catherine and Margaret.
Keeley occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Keeley's census form was "Scholar"; 20% (66) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (7.6%), general labourer (5.8%), domestic servant (4.5%) and carter / driver / groom (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 9.4% of all Keeleys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and transport.
What religion is Keeley?
Keeleys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 96.7% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (2.7%) and Protestant (0.3%).
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Keeley statistics (1911)
Number: 330
Rank: 1,791
Average Age: 27
Keeleyin the USA (2020)
Number: 5,125
Rank: 6,381
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
