Wheatley family name history and map
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Wheatley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 180 people named Wheatley in Ireland; roughly one in every 24,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 100 women to 80 men.
Counties with Wheatley in Ireland
Dublin was Wheatley country: 48.3% of them (87 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Wicklow (20), Westmeath (18), Antrim (11) and Tipperary (9).
Wheatley average age in 1911
The average Wheatley in 1911 was 32.1 years old, 33.0 for men and 31.5 for women; slightly 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.
Wheatley literacy in 1911
Of the Wheatleys whose literacy was recorded, 86.9% could both read and write, 1.1% could read but not write, and 12% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.8% reading and writing against 85.7% 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.
Wheatley common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (10), John, William, James and Joseph. For women it was Mary (11), followed by Margaret, Sarah, Elizabeth and Anne.
Wheatley occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Wheatley's census form was "Scholar"; 13.9% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (6.7%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (6.1%), clerk / office worker (3.3%) and farm labourer (3.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.4% of all Wheatleys, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and clerical & administration.
What religion is Wheatley?
Most Wheatleys, 52.8%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (39.4%) and Methodist (6.7%).
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Wheatley statistics (1911)
Number: 180
Rank: 2,678
Average Age: 32
Wheatley in the USA (2020)
Number: 12,036
Rank: 2,919
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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