Feely family name history and map
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Feely in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 1,094 people named Feely in Ireland, about 0.025% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 733rd most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 555 men and 539 women.
Counties with Feely in Ireland
Leitrim was Feely country: 29.7% of them (325 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Roscommon (219), Sligo (187), Fermanagh (65) and Mayo (41).
Feely average age in 1911
The average Feely in 1911 was 31.4 years old, 30.9 for men and 31.9 for women; slightly older 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.
Feely literacy in 1911
Of the Feelys whose literacy was recorded, 76.7% could both read and write, 3.8% could read but not write, and 19.3% 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.
Feely common first names
The most common male names were John (81), Patrick, James, Michael and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (75), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Ellen and Margaret.
Feely occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Feely's census form was "Scholar"; 22.6% (247) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (21.3%), farm labourer (2.8%), general labourer (2.7%) and domestic servant (1.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 24.5% of all Feelys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Feely?
Feelys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 91.9% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.6%) and Presbyterian (0.8%).
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Feely statistics (1911)
Number: 1,094
Rank: 733
Average Age: 31
Feely in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,474
Rank: 18,518
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.