Frew family name history and map
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Frew in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 260 people named Frew in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 154 women to 105 men. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Frew in Ireland
The Frews were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 55% of them (143 people). Next came Down (57), Derry (38), Dublin (18) and Wexford (3).
Frew average age in 1911
The average Frew in 1911 was 28.1 years old, 28.1 for men and 28.0 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.
Frew literacy in 1911
Of the Frews whose literacy was recorded, 82% could both read and write, 0.4% could read but not write, and 17.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 84.2% reading and writing against 81.1% 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.
Frew common first names
The most common male names were John (12), William, James, Alexander and Thomas. For women it was Mary (14), followed by Lizzie, Agnes, Elizabeth and Jane.
Frew occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Frew's census form was "Scholar"; 19.2% (50) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.1%), general labourer (3.5%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.1%) and clerk / office worker (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.8% of all Frews, followed by retail & commerce, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Frew?
Most Frews, 67.3%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (18.1%), Anglican (6.9%), Methodist (3.8%) and Unitarian (1.9%).
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Frew statistics (1911)
Number: 260
Rank: 2,108
Average Age: 28
Frew in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,816
Rank: 15,519
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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