Sliney family name history
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Sliney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 127 people named Sliney in Ireland; roughly one in every 35,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 58 men and 69 women.
Counties with Sliney in Ireland
The Slineys were heavily concentrated in Cork, home to 66.9% of them (85 people). Next came Waterford (16), Clare (12), Dublin (8) and Antrim (2).
Sliney average age in 1911
The average Sliney in 1911 was 33.2 years old, 31.1 for men and 34.9 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.
Sliney literacy in 1911
Of the Slineys whose literacy was recorded, 76% could both read and write, 3.3% could read but not write, and 20.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 80.3% reading and writing against 70.9% of men. 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.
Sliney common first names
The most common male names were Michael (11), John, Patrick, Thomas and James; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (18), followed by Ellen, Catherine, Kate and Margaret.
Sliney occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Sliney's census form was "Scholar"; 19.7% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (10.2%), fisherman (7.1%), domestic servant (5.5%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.4% of all Slineys, followed by domestic service, fishing and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Sliney?
Slineys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.2% of them.
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Sliney statistics (1911)
Number: 127
Rank: 3,339
Average Age: 33
Slineyin the USA (2020)
Number: 407
Rank: 54,637
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
