Knightly family name history and map

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Knightly

Knightly in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded 117 people named Knightly in Ireland; roughly one in every 38,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 63 men and 54 women.

Counties with Knightly in Ireland

The Knightlys were heavily concentrated in Kerry, home to 100% of them (117 people).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

Knightly average age in 1911

The average Knightly in 1911 was 24.0 years old, 25.7 for men and 22.0 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.

Knightly literacy in 1911

Of the Knightlys whose literacy was recorded, 85.8% could both read and write, 0.9% could read but not write, and 13.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 87.9% reading and writing against 83.3% 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.

Knightly common first names

The most common male names were John (18), Thomas, William, Patrick and Robert. For women it was Mary (11), followed by Ellen, Catherine, Margaret and Annie.

Knightly occupations in 1911

The most common entry on a Knightly's census form was "Scholar"; 28.2% (33) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (18.8%), general labourer (4.3%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.4%) and domestic servant (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.4% of all Knightlys, followed by retail & commerce, general labourers and domestic service.

What religion is Knightly?

Knightlys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 95.7% of them.

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Knightly statistics (1911)

Number: 117
Rank: 3,501
Average Age: 24

Knightlyin the USA (2020)

Number: 535
Rank: 43,505

Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero. 

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