Kayes family name history and map
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Kayes in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 78 people named Kayes in Ireland; roughly one in every 56,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 38 men and 40 women.
Counties with Kayes in Ireland
Antrim was Kayes country: 33.3% of them (26 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (10), Cork (9), Kildare (9) and Tipperary (8).
Kayes average age in 1911
The average Kayes in 1911 was 26.3 years old, 29.0 for men and 23.8 for women; noticeably 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.
Kayes literacy in 1911
Of the Kayeses whose literacy was recorded, 90.3% could both read and write, 1.4% could read but not write, and 8.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 91.4% reading and writing against 89.2% of 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.
Kayes common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (4), Thomas, William, David and Denis. For women it was Ellen (5), followed by Elizabeth, Jane, Maggie and Mary.
Kayes occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Kayes's census form was "Scholar"; 20.5% (16) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (5.1%), general labourer (5.1%), no occupation / dependent (5.1%) and metal worker / engineer (3.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.3% of all Kayeses, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is Kayes?
Kayeses were predominantly Roman Catholic (78.2%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (21.8%).
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Kayes statistics (1911)
Number: 78
Rank: 4,470
Average Age: 26
Kayes in the USA (2020)
Number: 527
Rank: 44,004
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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