Gaule family name history
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Gaule in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 162 people named Gaule in Ireland; roughly one in every 27,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 91 men to 70 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Gaule in Ireland
The Gaules were heavily concentrated in Kilkenny, home to 61.7% of them (100 people). Next came Waterford (37), Carlow (7), Cork (7) and Dublin (3).
Gaule average age in 1911
The average Gaule in 1911 was 27.0 years old, 25.7 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.
Gaule literacy in 1911
Of the Gaules whose literacy was recorded, 78.9% could both read and write, 4.3% could read but not write, and 16.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 80% reading and writing against 78% 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.
Gaule common first names
The most common male names were John (13), James, Michael, Martin and Patrick. For women it was Mary (10), followed by Bridget, Ellen, Margaret and Alice.
Gaule occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Gaule's census form was "Scholar"; 25.3% (41) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.6%), domestic servant (5.6%), general labourer (5.6%) and farm labourer (4.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.9% of all Gaules, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Gaule?
Gaules were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.8% of them.
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Gaule statistics (1911)
Number: 162
Rank: 2,861
Average Age: 27
Gaulein the USA (2020)
Number: 187
Rank: 102,571
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
