Feehily family name history
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Feehily in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 159 people named Feehily in Ireland; roughly one in every 28,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 86 men and 73 women.
Counties with Feehily in Ireland
Roscommon was Feehily country: 26.4% of them (42 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Sligo (41), Longford (29), Leitrim (25) and Tipperary (9).
Feehily average age in 1911
The average Feehily in 1911 was 33.6 years old, 33.4 for men and 33.9 for women; noticeably older 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.
Feehily literacy in 1911
Of the Feehilys whose literacy was recorded, 79.9% could both read and write, 3.4% could read but not write, and 16.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 81.2% reading and writing against 78.8% 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.
Feehily common first names
The most common male names were John (12), Patrick, James, Michael and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (15), followed by Maria, Bridget, Ellen and Annie.
Feehily occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Feehilys was farmer, 27.7% of them (44 people). Next came scholar / student (22%), general labourer (6.9%), farm labourer (4.4%) and domestic servant (1.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 32.7% of all Feehilys, followed by general labourers, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Feehily?
Feehilys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 93.7% of them.
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Feehily statistics (1911)
Number: 159
Rank: 2,897
Average Age: 34
Feehilyin the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
