Reardon family name history and map
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Reardon in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 783 people named Reardon in Ireland; roughly one in every 5,600 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 373 men and 410 women.
Counties with Reardon in Ireland
Cork was Reardon country: 34.4% of them (269 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kerry (163), Dublin (104), Limerick (75) and Tipperary (56).
Reardon average age in 1911
The average Reardon in 1911 was 30.4 years old, 31.8 for men and 29.2 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.
Reardon literacy in 1911
Of the Reardons whose literacy was recorded, 76.5% could both read and write, 3.2% could read but not write, and 20.4% 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.
Reardon common first names
The most common male names were John (59), Patrick, Michael, James and Daniel. For women it was Mary (74), followed by Ellen, Margaret, Bridget and Kate.
Reardon occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Reardon's census form was "Scholar"; 21.2% (166) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.5%), farm labourer (5.7%), domestic servant (5.2%) and general labourer (4.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.9% of all Reardons, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Reardon?
Reardons were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 94.4% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (2.3%), No Religion (0.1%) and Quaker (0.1%).
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Reardon statistics (1911)
Number: 783
Rank: 954
Average Age: 30
Reardon in the USA (2020)
Number: 13,754
Rank: 2,564
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.