Gready family name history
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Gready in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 167 people named Gready in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 92 men to 75 women.
Counties with Gready in Ireland
Galway was Gready country: 27.5% of them (46 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Waterford (27), Kerry (21), Cork (14) and Laois (12).
Gready average age in 1911
The average Gready in 1911 was 32.0 years old, 30.1 for men and 34.4 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.
Gready literacy in 1911
Of the Greadys whose literacy was recorded, 59.6% could both read and write, 5.4% could read but not write, and 34.9% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 61.3% reading and writing against 58.2% 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.
Gready common first names
The most common male names were John (15), Michael, James, Patrick and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (14), followed by Bridget, Ellen, Anne and Kate.
Gready occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Greadys was farmer, 26.3% of them (44 people). Next came scholar / student (21.6%), farm labourer (9%), general labourer (3%) and domestic servant (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 35.3% of all Greadys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and metal & engineering.
What religion is Gready?
Greadys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Gready statistics (1911)
Number: 167
Rank: 2,816
Average Age: 32
Greadyin the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
