Cloney family name history
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Cloney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 135 people named Cloney in Ireland; roughly one in every 33,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 66 men and 69 women.
Counties with Cloney in Ireland
The Cloneys were heavily concentrated in Wexford, home to 68.1% of them (92 people). Next came Carlow (14), Dublin (8), Cork (5) and Kilkenny (5).
Cloney average age in 1911
The average Cloney in 1911 was 38.8 years old, 41.2 for men and 36.4 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.
Cloney literacy in 1911
Of the Cloneys whose literacy was recorded, 76.5% could both read and write, 6.1% could read but not write, and 17.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 77.9% reading and writing against 75% 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.
Cloney common first names
The most common male names were John (10), Thomas, James, Michael and William. For women it was Mary (12), followed by Ellen, Catherine, Anne and Bridget.
Cloney occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Cloneys was farmer, 18.5% of them (25 people). Next came scholar / student (14.8%), general labourer (11.1%), farm labourer (8.9%) and domestic servant (5.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 28.1% of all Cloneys, followed by general labourers, domestic service and transport.
What religion is Cloney?
Cloneys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Cloney statistics (1911)
Number: 135
Rank: 3,198
Average Age: 39
Cloneyin the USA (2020)
Number: 346
Rank: 62,494
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
