Heavey family name history and map
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Heavey in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 359 people named Heavey in Ireland; roughly one in every 12,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 185 men and 173 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Heavey in Ireland
Galway was Heavey country: 30.6% of them (110 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Roscommon (44), Cavan (30), Dublin (26) and Kildare (26).
Heavey average age in 1911
The average Heavey in 1911 was 30.4 years old, 29.7 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.
Heavey literacy in 1911
Of the Heaveys whose literacy was recorded, 81.6% could both read and write, 2.8% could read but not write, and 15.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.4% reading and writing against 79.7% 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.
Heavey common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (24), John, Patrick, James and William. For women it was Mary (36), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Annie and Margaret.
Heavey occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Heaveys was farmer, 23.7% of them (85 people). Next came scholar / student (17.3%), domestic servant (3.3%), general labourer (2.8%) and farm labourer (2.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 26.5% of all Heaveys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Heavey?
Heaveys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.7% of them.
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Heavey statistics (1911)
Number: 359
Rank: 1,705
Average Age: 30
Heaveyin the USA (2020)
Number: 749
Rank: 32,834
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
