Pelly family name history and map
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Pelly in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 64 people named Pelly in Ireland; roughly one in every 69,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 32 men and 32 women.
Counties with Pelly in Ireland
Galway was Pelly country: 35.9% of them (23 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (22), Mayo (5), Derry (4) and Offaly (4).
Pelly average age in 1911
The average Pelly in 1911 was 25.0 years old, 25.6 for men and 24.3 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.
Pelly literacy in 1911
Of the Pellys whose literacy was recorded, 70.5% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 29.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 76.7% reading and writing against 64.5% 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.
Pelly common first names
The most common male names were John (3), Thomas, Bennie, Cornelius and Michael. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Anne, Charity, Kate and Margaret.
Pelly occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Pelly's census form was "Scholar"; 25% (16) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were clergy / religious (6.2%), farmer (6.2%), general labourer (3.1%) and other professional (3.1%). Grouped by sector, professional accounted for 9.4% of all Pellys, followed by agriculture, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Pelly?
Pellys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 92.2% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (6.2%).
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Pelly statistics (1911)
Number: 64
Rank: 4,974
Average Age: 25
Pelly in the USA (2020)
Number: 351
Rank: 61,734
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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