OXley family name history and map
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OXley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 56 people named OXley in Ireland; roughly one in every 78,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 29 men and 27 women.
Counties with OXley in Ireland
Laois was OXley country: 44.6% of them (25 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Westmeath (11), Mayo (6), Dublin (4) and Down (3).
OXley average age in 1911
The average OXley in 1911 was 24.0 years old, 25.1 for men and 22.7 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.
OXley literacy in 1911
Of the OXleys whose literacy was recorded, 76.8% could both read and write, 1.8% could read but not write, and 21.4% 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.
OXley common first names
The most common male names were John (6), William, Christopher, Frederic and Patk Joseph. For women it was Eliza (3), followed by Mary, Agnes, Sarah and Anne.
OXley occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an OXley's census form was "Scholar"; 26.8% (15) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (17.9%), metal worker / engineer (7.1%), general labourer (5.4%) and farm labourer (3.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 25% of all OXleys, followed by metal & engineering, general labourers and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is OXley?
Most OXleys, 69.6%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (25%) and Presbyterian (5.4%).
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OXley statistics (1911)
Number: 56
Rank: 5,405
Average Age: 24
OXleyin the USA (2020)
Number: 4,101
Rank: 7,767
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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