Keilty family name history
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Keilty in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 135 people named Keilty in Ireland; roughly one in every 33,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 73 men and 62 women.
Counties with Keilty in Ireland
Down was Keilty country: 25.2% of them (34 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Roscommon (22), Sligo (18), Antrim (16) and Wicklow (10).
Keilty average age in 1911
The average Keilty in 1911 was 28.6 years old, 26.5 for men and 31.1 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.
Keilty literacy in 1911
Of the Keiltys whose literacy was recorded, 69.2% could both read and write, 2.3% could read but not write, and 28.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 77.4% reading and writing against 62% 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.
Keilty common first names
The most common male names were John (16), Patrick, James, Thomas and Andrew. For women it was Mary (13), followed by Margaret, Agnes, Anne and Bridget.
Keilty occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Keilty's census form was "Scholar"; 21.5% (29) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.9%), farm labourer (6.7%), general labourer (5.2%) and seamstress (2.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19.3% of all Keiltys, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and building & construction.
What religion is Keilty?
Keiltys were predominantly Roman Catholic (76.3%). The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (14.1%), Anglican (8.9%) and Methodist (0.7%).
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Keilty statistics (1911)
135 in Ireland
3,198 most common surname in Ireland
29 average age
Keiltyin the USA (2020)
387 in USA (2020)
56,914 rank in USA (2020)
