Doorley family name history
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Doorley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 147 people named Doorley in Ireland; roughly one in every 30,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 73 men and 74 women.
Counties with Doorley in Ireland
Offaly was Doorley country: 40.1% of them (59 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tipperary (18), Roscommon (16), Dublin (15) and Kildare (11).
Doorley average age in 1911
The average Doorley in 1911 was 32.3 years old, 33.1 for men and 31.4 for women; slightly 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.
Doorley literacy in 1911
Of the Doorleys whose literacy was recorded, 81.7% could both read and write, 2.1% could read but not write, and 16.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 87.5% reading and writing against 75.7% of women. 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.
Doorley common first names
The most common male names were John (16), Patrick, James, Edward and Michael. For women it was Mary (12), followed by Bridget, Anne, Annie and Margaret.
Doorley occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Doorleys was farmer, 29.3% of them (43 people). Next came scholar / student (18.4%), general labourer (6.1%), farm labourer (4.8%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 34% of all Doorleys, followed by general labourers, retail & commerce and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is Doorley?
Doorleys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.3% of them.
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Doorley statistics (1911)
Number: 147
Rank: 3,033
Average Age: 32
Doorleyin the USA (2020)
Number: 291
Rank: 72,089
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
