Wise family name history
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Wise in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 106 people named Wise in Ireland; roughly one in every 41,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 51 men and 53 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Wise in Ireland
Cork had the largest share of Wises, 22.6% (24 people). Next came Dublin (23), Waterford (12), Down (9) and Laois (8).
Wise average age in 1911
The average Wise in 1911 was 28.8 years old, 28.3 for men and 29.5 for women; a touch 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.
Wise literacy in 1911
Of the Wises whose literacy was recorded, 81.4% could both read and write, 2% could read but not write, and 16.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 86.5% reading and writing against 75.5% 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.
Wise common first names
The most common male names were William (6), James, John, Patrick and Francis. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Jane, Eliza, Leah Maria Tyrer and Margaret.
Wise occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Wise's census form was "Scholar"; 17.9% (19) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (6.6%), domestic servant (4.7%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.7%) and farmer (3.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 6.6% of all Wises, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Wise?
Most Wises, 53.8%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (41.5%), Methodist (0.9%), No Religion (0.9%) and Presbyterian (0.9%).
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Wise statistics (1911)
Number: 106
Rank: 3,718
Average Age: 29
Wisein the USA (2020)
Number: 65,596
Rank: 499
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
