Paisley family name history and map
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Paisley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 252 people named Paisley in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 118 men and 133 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Paisley in Ireland
Antrim was Paisley country: 30.2% of them (76 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (51), Down (46), Tyrone (36) and Laois (13).
Paisley average age in 1911
The average Paisley in 1911 was 27.8 years old, 26.8 for men and 28.6 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.
Paisley literacy in 1911
Of the Paisleys whose literacy was recorded, 83.2% could both read and write, 4.6% could read but not write, and 12.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 84.5% reading and writing against 82% of 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.
Paisley common first names
The most common male names were Samuel (12), James, John, William and Robert. For women it was Jane (11), followed by Mary, Margaret, Annie and Elizabeth.
Paisley occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Paisley's census form was "Scholar"; 17.5% (44) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.9%), general labourer (5.2%), domestic servant (3.2%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.5% of all Paisleys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Paisley?
The largest religious group among Paisleys was Anglican, at 34.1%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (31%), Roman Catholic (25.4%), Unitarian (4.8%) and Non-Conformist (2%).
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Paisley statistics (1911)
Number: 252
Rank: 2,161
Average Age: 28
Paisley in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,848
Rank: 10,711
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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