Cowley family name history and map
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Cowley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 377 people named Cowley in Ireland; roughly one in every 12,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 179 men and 197 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Cowley in Ireland
Dublin was Cowley country: 31% of them (117 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Meath (93), Sligo (56), Westmeath (26) and Mayo (24).
Cowley average age in 1911
The average Cowley in 1911 was 31.0 years old, 30.7 for men and 31.3 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Cowley literacy in 1911
Of the Cowleys whose literacy was recorded, 83.8% could both read and write, 2.4% could read but not write, and 13.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84.8% reading and writing against 82.6% 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.
Cowley common first names
The most common male names were John (33), James, Patrick, Thomas and Michael; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (31), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Elizabeth and Margaret.
Cowley occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Cowley's census form was "Scholar"; 21% (79) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8%), farm labourer (6.1%), domestic servant (5.8%) and general labourer (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.4% of all Cowleys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Cowley?
Cowleys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 92.6% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (5.3%), Presbyterian (1.1%), Methodist (0.5%) and Congregationalist (0.3%).
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Cowley statistics (1911)
Number: 377
Rank: 1,643
Average Age: 31
Cowleyin the USA (2020)
Number: 5,786
Rank: 5,770
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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