Cleland family name history and map
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Cleland in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 427 people named Cleland in Ireland; roughly one in every 10,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 208 men and 217 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Cleland in Ireland
The Clelands were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 57.6% of them (246 people). Next came Antrim (153), Laois (7), Dublin (5) and Monaghan (5).
Cleland average age in 1911
The average Cleland in 1911 was 28.7 years old, 26.6 for men and 30.6 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.
Cleland literacy in 1911
Of the Clelands whose literacy was recorded, 83.7% could both read and write, 3% could read but not write, and 13.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 85.2% reading and writing against 82.5% 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.
Cleland common first names
The most common male names were James (28), John, William, George and Robert. For women it was Margaret (12), followed by Annie, Elizabeth, Sarah and Jane.
Cleland occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Cleland's census form was "Scholar"; 24.1% (103) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.2%), textile worker (4.4%), general labourer (4%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 8.9% of all Clelands, followed by textiles & clothing, retail & commerce and general labourers.
What religion is Cleland?
Most Clelands, 51.8%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (40.5%), Plymouth Brethren (1.6%), Congregationalist (1.4%) and Roman Catholic (1.2%).
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Cleland statistics (1911)
Number: 427
Rank: 1,500
Average Age: 29
Cleland in the USA (2020)
Number: 3,904
Rank: 8,119
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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