Tally family name history and map
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Tally in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 63 people named Tally in Ireland; roughly one in every 70,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 33 men and 30 women.
Counties with Tally in Ireland
Tyrone was Tally country: 41.3% of them (26 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Longford (18), Galway (5), Mayo (5) and Clare (3).
Tally average age in 1911
The average Tally in 1911 was 24.3 years old, 26.0 for men and 22.6 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.
Tally literacy in 1911
Of the Tallys whose literacy was recorded, 75% could both read and write, 1.7% could read but not write, and 23.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 77.4% reading and writing against 72.4% 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.
Tally common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (6), John, Peter, Michael and Patrick James. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Catherine, Annie, Maggie and Mary Anne.
Tally occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Tally's census form was "Scholar"; 31.7% (20) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.7%), general labourer (4.8%), carter / driver / groom (1.6%) and farm labourer (1.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.3% of all Tallys, followed by general labourers, textiles & clothing and transport.
What religion is Tally?
Tallys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Tally statistics (1911)
Number: 63
Rank: 5,022
Average Age: 24
Tally in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,025
Rank: 14,233
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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