Walls family name history and map
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Walls in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 443 people named Walls in Ireland; roughly one in every 9,900 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 217 men and 226 women.
Counties with Walls in Ireland
Derry was Walls country: 43.3% of them (192 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (65), Down (46), Tyrone (46) and Sligo (20).
Walls average age in 1911
The average Walls in 1911 was 30.6 years old, 29.3 for men and 31.9 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.
Walls literacy in 1911
Of the Wallses whose literacy was recorded, 76% could both read and write, 4.4% could read but not write, and 19.5% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Walls common first names
The most common male names were John (31), James, Henry, Patrick and Thomas. For women it was Mary (23), followed by Elizabeth, Sarah, Susan and Catherine.
Walls occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Walls's census form was "Scholar"; 16.9% (75) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.4%), farm labourer (5.9%), general labourer (4.7%) and textile worker (4.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.3% of all Wallses, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Walls?
Wallses were predominantly Roman Catholic (75.6%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (11.1%), Presbyterian (9.7%), Protestant (1.6%) and Methodist (0.2%).
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Walls statistics (1911)
Number: 443
Rank: 1,467
Average Age: 31
Wallsin the USA (2020)
Number: 39,209
Rank: 869
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
