Shelly family name history and map
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Shelly in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 407 people named Shelly in Ireland; roughly one in every 11,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 195 men and 211 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Shelly in Ireland
Tipperary was Shelly country: 37.3% of them (152 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (85), Kilkenny (56), Laois (31) and Offaly (19).
Shelly average age in 1911
The average Shelly in 1911 was 31.0 years old, 32.2 for men and 29.9 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Shelly literacy in 1911
Of the Shellys whose literacy was recorded, 78.8% could both read and write, 3.5% could read but not write, and 17.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 80.6% reading and writing against 77% 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.
Shelly common first names
The most common male names were John (31), Patrick, James, Michael and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (38), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Catherine and Elizabeth.
Shelly occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Shelly's census form was "Scholar"; 19.2% (78) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.8%), general labourer (5.2%), farm labourer (4.4%) and domestic servant (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.7% of all Shellys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Shelly?
Shellys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 94.6% of them. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (3.9%), Anglican (1%) and Baptist (0.2%).
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Shelly statistics (1911)
Number: 407
Rank: 1,558
Average Age: 31
Shellyin the USA (2020)
Number: 4,726
Rank: 6,852
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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