Fennelly family name history and map
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Fennelly in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 582 people named Fennelly in Ireland; roughly one in every 7,500 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 290 men and 290 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Fennelly in Ireland
Laois was Fennelly country: 32.8% of them (191 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kilkenny (190), Tipperary (86), Dublin (43) and Offaly (31).
Fennelly average age in 1911
The average Fennelly in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 29.3 for men and 28.4 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.
Fennelly literacy in 1911
Of the Fennellys whose literacy was recorded, 83.2% could both read and write, 3% could read but not write, and 13.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 85% reading and writing against 81.2% 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.
Fennelly common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (44), John, James, Michael and William. For women it was Mary (45), followed by Bridget, Ellen, Catherine and Margaret.
Fennelly occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Fennelly's census form was "Scholar"; 22.2% (129) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.2%), general labourer (5.5%), farm labourer (4%) and domestic servant (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.5% of all Fennellys, followed by general labourers, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Fennelly?
Fennellys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.5%).
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Fennelly statistics (1911)
Number: 582
Rank: 1,194
Average Age: 29
Fennelly in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,084
Rank: 24,083
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.