Caul family name history
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Caul in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 106 people named Caul in Ireland; roughly one in every 41,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 52 men and 53 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Caul in Ireland
Wexford was Caul country: 48.1% of them (51 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (16), Antrim (14), Dublin (13) and Derry (4).
Caul average age in 1911
The average Caul in 1911 was 33.4 years old, 34.3 for men and 32.4 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.
Caul literacy in 1911
Of the Cauls whose literacy was recorded, 72.3% could both read and write, 7.9% could read but not write, and 19.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 80.8% reading and writing against 62.5% 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.
Caul common first names
The most common male names were John (9), William, James, Michael and Patrick. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Bridget, Ellen, Jane and Margaret.
Caul occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Caul's census form was "Scholar"; 18.9% (20) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (8.5%), farmer (8.5%), general labourer (7.5%) and mason / bricklayer (4.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17% of all Cauls, followed by general labourers, building & construction and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Caul?
Cauls were predominantly Roman Catholic (75.5%). The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (15.1%), Anglican (5.7%) and Quaker (3.8%).
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Caul statistics (1911)
106 in Ireland
3,718 most common surname in Ireland
33 average age
Caulin the USA (2020)
516 in USA (2020)
44,751 rank in USA (2020)
