Blakley family name history and map
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Blakley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 95 people named Blakley in Ireland; roughly one in every 46,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 58 women to 37 men.
Counties with Blakley in Ireland
Down was Blakley country: 40% of them (38 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (32), Armagh (15), Tyrone (6) and Longford (2).
Blakley average age in 1911
The average Blakley in 1911 was 23.1 years old, 22.4 for men and 23.5 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.
Blakley literacy in 1911
Of the Blakleys whose literacy was recorded, 76.6% could both read and write, 1.1% could read but not write, and 22.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 78.4% reading and writing against 75.4% 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.
Blakley common first names
The most common male names were John (4), Robert, William, Thomas and Daniel. For women it was Sarah (5), followed by Mary, Annie, Elizabeth and Jane.
Blakley occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Blakley's census form was "Scholar"; 24.2% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.5%), textile worker (5.3%), general labourer (3.2%) and metal worker / engineer (3.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.6% of all Blakleys, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and metal & engineering.
What religion is Blakley?
Most Blakleys, 61.1%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (24.2%), Protestant (7.4%), Roman Catholic (5.3%) and Salvation Army (2.1%).
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Blakley statistics (1911)
Number: 95
Rank: 3,992
Average Age: 23
Blakleyin the USA (2020)
Number: 5,598
Rank: 5,928
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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