Fairley family name history
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Fairley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 160 people named Fairley in Ireland; roughly one in every 27,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 85 men and 74 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Fairley in Ireland
The Fairleys were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 50% of them (80 people). Next came Antrim (28), Derry (20), Armagh (14) and Wicklow (8).
Fairley average age in 1911
The average Fairley in 1911 was 25.9 years old, 27.0 for men and 24.5 for women; noticeably 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.
Fairley literacy in 1911
Of the Fairleys whose literacy was recorded, 73.6% could both read and write, 5.7% could read but not write, and 20.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 76.5% reading and writing against 70.3% 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.
Fairley common first names
The most common male names were William (13), James, John, Samuel and Robert. For women it was Sarah (5), followed by Elizabeth, Mary Jane, Minnie and Agnes.
Fairley occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Fairley's census form was "Scholar"; 18.1% (29) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (5.6%), farm labourer (4.4%), farmer (4.4%) and textile worker (3.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 9.4% of all Fairleys, followed by general labourers, textiles & clothing and metal & engineering.
What religion is Fairley?
Most Fairleys, 50.6%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (20.6%), Roman Catholic (11.9%), Unitarian (6.2%) and Non-Conformist (4.4%).
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Fairley statistics (1911)
Number: 160
Rank: 2,883
Average Age: 26
Fairleyin the USA (2020)
Number: 6,324
Rank: 5,319
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
