Sealy family name history and map
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Sealy in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 66 people named Sealy in Ireland; roughly one in every 67,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 39 women to 27 men.
Counties with Sealy in Ireland
Dublin was Sealy country: 31.8% of them (21 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (17), Wexford (10), Donegal (4) and Kerry (4).
Sealy average age in 1911
The average Sealy in 1911 was 38.7 years old, 45.3 for men and 34.2 for women; noticeably older 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.
Sealy literacy in 1911
Of the Sealys whose literacy was recorded, 90.9% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 9.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 100% reading and writing against 84.6% 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.
Sealy common first names
The most common male names were Richard (4), James, Thomas, John and William. For women it was Elizabeth (3), followed by Mary, Annie, Ellen and Margaret.
Sealy occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Sealy's census form was "Scholar"; 15.2% (10) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were clerk / office worker (3%), domestic servant (3%), farm labourer (3%) and farmer (3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 7.6% of all Sealys, followed by building & construction, clerical & administration and domestic service.
What religion is Sealy?
Most Sealys, 66.7%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (30.3%).
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Sealy statistics (1911)
Number: 66
Rank: 4,897
Average Age: 39
Sealy in the USA (2020)
Number: 3,443
Rank: 9,117
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
