Gale family name history and map
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Gale in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 80 people named Gale in Ireland; roughly one in every 55,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 42 men and 37 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Gale in Ireland
Dublin was Gale country: 30% of them (24 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (13), Limerick (13), Leitrim (6) and Louth (6).
Gale average age in 1911
The average Gale in 1911 was 30.0 years old, 25.9 for men and 34.9 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.
Gale literacy in 1911
Of the Gales whose literacy was recorded, 85.9% could both read and write, 1.3% could read but not write, and 12.8% 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.
Gale common first names
The most common male names were Henry (4), John, William, Frederick and John Thomas. For women it was Annie (2), followed by Elizabeth, Lucy, Lydia and Margaret.
Gale occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Gale's census form was "Scholar"; 16.2% (13) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (7.5%), clerk / office worker (3.8%), other maker / factory worker (3.8%) and carter / driver / groom (2.5%). Grouped by sector, retail & commerce accounted for 8.8% of all Gales, followed by transport, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Gale?
Most Gales, 68.8%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (21.2%) and Methodist (8.8%).
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Gale statistics (1911)
Number: 80
Rank: 4,404
Average Age: 30
Gale in the USA (2020)
Number: 14,988
Rank: 2,378
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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