Wyse family name history and map
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Wyse in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 214 people named Wyse in Ireland; roughly one in every 21,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 110 men and 104 women.
Counties with Wyse in Ireland
Waterford was Wyse country: 28% of them (60 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (38), Tipperary (28), Wexford (23) and Westmeath (19).
Wyse average age in 1911
The average Wyse in 1911 was 28.3 years old, 29.0 for men and 27.6 for women; a touch 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.
Wyse literacy in 1911
Of the Wyses whose literacy was recorded, 77% could both read and write, 6.1% could read but not write, and 16.9% 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.
Wyse common first names
The most common male names were John (19), William, Michael, James and Thomas. For women it was Mary (17), followed by Catherine, Bridget, Ellen and Annie.
Wyse occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Wyse's census form was "Scholar"; 22.9% (49) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (4.7%), general labourer (4.7%), farm labourer (4.2%) and farmer (4.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 9.3% of all Wyses, followed by domestic service, general labourers and transport.
What religion is Wyse?
Wyses were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 92.1% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.9%) and Presbyterian (1.4%).
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Wyse statistics (1911)
Number: 214
Rank: 2,402
Average Age: 28
Wyse in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,435
Rank: 12,202
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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