Kennealy family name history and map
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Kennealy in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 64 people named Kennealy in Ireland; roughly one in every 69,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 30 men and 34 women.
Counties with Kennealy in Ireland
Cork was Kennealy country: 43.8% of them (28 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Waterford (17), Clare (8), Kilkenny (3) and Limerick (3).
Kennealy average age in 1911
The average Kennealy in 1911 was 25.9 years old, 26.9 for men and 25.1 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.
Kennealy literacy in 1911
Of the Kennealys whose literacy was recorded, 68.9% could both read and write, 9.8% could read but not write, and 21.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 71.9% reading and writing against 65.5% 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.
Kennealy common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (6), James, Jeremiah, Michael and John. For women it was Bridget (4), followed by Mary, Ellen, Hannah and Elizabeth.
Kennealy occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Kennealy's census form was "Scholar"; 21.9% (14) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (7.8%), farmer (7.8%), general labourer (4.7%) and farm labourer (3.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.9% of all Kennealys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Kennealy?
Kennealys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Kennealy statistics (1911)
Number: 64
Rank: 4,974
Average Age: 26
Kennealy in the USA (2020)
Number: 246
Rank: 82,600
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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