Polley family name history and map
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Polley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 62 people named Polley in Ireland; roughly one in every 71,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 29 men and 33 women.
Counties with Polley in Ireland
The Polleys were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 69.4% of them (43 people). Next came Antrim (7), Dublin (7), Waterford (3) and Louth (1).
Polley average age in 1911
The average Polley in 1911 was 27.3 years old, 27.0 for men and 27.5 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.
Polley literacy in 1911
Of the Polleys whose literacy was recorded, 86.4% could both read and write, 1.7% could read but not write, and 11.9% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 89.3% reading and writing against 83.9% 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.
Polley common first names
The most common male names were William (5), John, Robert, Robert James and Ernest Alfred. For women it was Agnes (4), followed by Mary, Annie, Aggie and Anna Louisa.
Polley occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Polley's census form was "Scholar"; 14.5% (9) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.3%), seamstress (8.1%), clerk / office worker (3.2%) and metal worker / engineer (3.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.9% of all Polleys, followed by textiles & clothing, transport and clerical & administration.
What religion is Polley?
The largest religious group among Polleys was Anglican, at 48.4%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (29%), Plymouth Brethren (12.9%), Presbyterian (8.1%) and Non-Conformist (1.6%).
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Polley statistics (1911)
Number: 62
Rank: 5,082
Average Age: 27
Polley in the USA (2020)
Number: 4,527
Rank: 7,117
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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