Miskelly family name history and map
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Miskelly in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 251 people named Miskelly in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 133 men and 118 women.
Counties and map with Miskelly in Ireland
The Miskellys were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 72.5% of them (182 people). Next came Antrim (66) and Cork (3).
Miskelly average age in 1911
The average Miskelly in 1911 was 26.6 years old, 25.3 for men and 28.1 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.
Miskelly literacy in 1911
Of the Miskellys whose literacy was recorded, 76.8% could both read and write, 4.1% could read but not write, and 19.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 79.1% reading and writing against 74.8% 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.
Miskelly common first names
The most common male names were John (23), James, Henry, Hugh and Thomas. For women it was Mary (16), followed by Jane, Agnes, Lizzie and Maggie.
Miskelly occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Miskelly's census form was "Scholar"; 20.7% (52) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.4%), seamstress (3.6%), farm labourer (3.2%) and general labourer (2.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12% of all Miskellys, followed by textiles & clothing, building & construction and general labourers.
What religion is Miskelly?
Most Miskellys, 58.2%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (23.5%), Anglican (8%), Unitarian (6%) and Methodist (2%).
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Miskelly statistics (1911)
Number: 251
Rank: 2,167
Average Age: 27
Miskelly in the USA (2020)
Number: 306
Rank: 69,166
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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