Mailey family name history and map
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Mailey in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 119 people named Mailey in Ireland; roughly one in every 37,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 62 men and 57 women.
Counties with Mailey in Ireland
Antrim was Mailey country: 47.1% of them (56 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Derry (34), Donegal (22) and Down (7).
Mailey average age in 1911
The average Mailey in 1911 was 20.5 years old, 19.7 for men and 21.4 for women; noticeably 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.
Mailey literacy in 1911
Of the Maileys whose literacy was recorded, 76.3% could both read and write, 5.9% could read but not write, and 17.8% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Mailey common first names
The most common male names were John (10), James, Robert, William and Hugh. For women it was Mary (11), followed by Ellen, Jane, Agnes and Alice.
Mailey occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Mailey's census form was "Scholar"; 33.6% (40) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (10.9%), farm labourer (5.9%), general labourer (3.4%) and other maker / factory worker (3.4%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 11.8% of all Maileys, followed by agriculture, general labourers and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Mailey?
Most Maileys, 50.4%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (43.7%) and Plymouth Brethren (5.9%).
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Mailey statistics (1911)
Number: 119
Rank: 3,468
Average Age: 21
Maileyin the USA (2020)
Number: 531
Rank: 43,758
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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