Keays family name history and map
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Keays in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 71 people named Keays in Ireland; roughly one in every 62,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 38 men and 33 women.
Counties with Keays in Ireland
Limerick was Keays country: 40.8% of them (29 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (14), Galway (7), Offaly (6) and Tipperary (3).
Keays average age in 1911
The average Keays in 1911 was 24.4 years old, 23.2 for men and 25.8 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.
Keays literacy in 1911
Of the Keayses whose literacy was recorded, 71.4% could both read and write, 7.1% could read but not write, and 21.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 78.1% reading and writing against 65.8% 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.
Keays common first names
The most common male names were John (4), William, Christopher, George and James. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Bessie Ross, Ellen, Mary Anne and Alace.
Keays occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Keays's census form was "Scholar"; 25.4% (18) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (21.1%), general labourer (4.2%), no occupation / dependent (4.2%) and domestic servant (1.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.1% of all Keayses, followed by general labourers, no occupation / dependent and retail & commerce.
What religion is Keays?
Keayses were predominantly Anglican (73.2%). The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (23.9%) and Non-Conformist (2.8%).
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Keays statistics (1911)
Number: 71
Rank: 4,725
Average Age: 24
Keaysin the USA (2020)
Number: 319
Rank: 66,829
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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