Bailie family name history and map
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Bailie in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 1,174 people named Bailie in Ireland, about 0.027% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 696th most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 561 men and 612 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties and map with Bailie in Ireland
The Bailies were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 64.7% of them (760 people). Next came Antrim (262), Armagh (66), Louth (32) and Monaghan (15).
Bailie average age in 1911
The average Bailie in 1911 was 28.4 years old, 27.3 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.
Bailie literacy in 1911
Of the Bailies whose literacy was recorded, 82.5% could both read and write, 3.9% could read but not write, and 13.6% 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.
Bailie common first names
The most common male names were John (67), James, William, Robert and Samuel. For women it was Mary (39), followed by Sarah, Elizabeth, Margaret and Annie.
Bailie occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bailie's census form was "Scholar"; 21.6% (254) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.8%), textile worker (5.2%), general labourer (4.2%) and seamstress (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.1% of all Bailies, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Bailie?
Most Bailies, 59.9%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (23.2%), Roman Catholic (6.7%), Methodist (4.1%) and Unitarian (3.3%).
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Bailie statistics (1911)
Number: 1,174
Rank: 696
Average Age: 28
Bailie in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,149
Rank: 22,886
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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