Ahearn family name history and map
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Ahearn in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 230 people named Ahearn in Ireland; roughly one in every 19,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 117 men and 113 women.
Counties with Ahearn in Ireland
Waterford was Ahearn country: 40% of them (92 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tipperary (74), Cork (22), Mayo (13) and Dublin (10).
Ahearn average age in 1911
The average Ahearn in 1911 was 31.2 years old, 32.8 for men and 29.6 for women; slightly older 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.
Ahearn literacy in 1911
Of the Ahearns whose literacy was recorded, 80.4% could both read and write, 2.7% could read but not write, and 16.9% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 86.8% reading and writing against 74.3% of men. 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.
Ahearn common first names
The most common male names were John (15), Thomas, James, Patrick and William. For women it was Mary (26), followed by Margaret, Kate, Bridget and Catherine.
Ahearn occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Ahearn's census form was "Scholar"; 26.5% (61) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.3%), general labourer (4.8%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.9%) and domestic servant (3.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.3% of all Ahearns, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Ahearn?
Ahearns were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 96.5% of them.
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Ahearn statistics (1911)
Number: 230
Rank: 2,308
Average Age: 31
Ahearn in the USA (2020)
Number: 4,564
Rank: 7,075
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.