Nulty family name history and map
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Nulty in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 469 people named Nulty in Ireland; roughly one in every 9,400 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 250 men and 218 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Nulty in Ireland
Meath was Nulty country: 38% of them (178 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cavan (119), Dublin (74), Louth (40) and Down (18).
Nulty average age in 1911
The average Nulty in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 29.7 for men and 28.0 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.
Nulty literacy in 1911
Of the Nultys whose literacy was recorded, 83.3% could both read and write, 3.1% could read but not write, and 13.4% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Nulty common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (41), John, James, Thomas and Michael; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (29), followed by Bridget, Anne, Kate and Catherine.
Nulty occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Nulty's census form was "Scholar"; 19.6% (92) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.8%), farm labourer (9%), general labourer (7.5%) and domestic servant (3.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.1% of all Nultys, followed by general labourers, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Nulty?
Nultys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.9% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.2%) and Presbyterian (0.2%).
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Nulty statistics (1911)
Number: 469
Rank: 1,408
Average Age: 29
Nulty in the USA (2020)
Number: 551
Rank: 42,381
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.