Finnerty family name history and map
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Finnerty in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 775 people named Finnerty in Ireland; roughly one in every 5,700 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 385 men and 389 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Finnerty in Ireland
Galway was Finnerty country: 42.8% of them (332 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Mayo (149), Roscommon (59), Kerry (56) and Dublin (50).
Finnerty average age in 1911
The average Finnerty in 1911 was 30.6 years old, 29.9 for men and 31.2 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.
Finnerty literacy in 1911
Of the Finnertys whose literacy was recorded, 71% could both read and write, 4.1% could read but not write, and 24.9% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 73.3% reading and writing against 68.7% 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.
Finnerty common first names
The most common male names were John (58), Patrick, Michael, Thomas and James; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (86), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Kate and Catherine.
Finnerty occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Finnertys was farmer, 25% of them (194 people). Next came scholar / student (21.3%), farm labourer (4%), domestic servant (1.9%) and general labourer (1.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 29.5% of all Finnertys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Finnerty?
Finnertys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.3%).
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Finnerty statistics (1911)
Number: 775
Rank: 959
Average Age: 31
Finnerty in the USA (2020)
Number: 3,961
Rank: 8,025
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.