Greaves family name history
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Greaves in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 125 people named Greaves in Ireland; roughly one in every 35,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 59 men and 66 women.
Counties with Greaves in Ireland
Dublin was Greaves country: 36.8% of them (46 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Fermanagh (24), Antrim (15), Down (7) and Wicklow (7).
Greaves average age in 1911
The average Greaves in 1911 was 30.3 years old, 28.3 for men and 32.0 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.
Greaves literacy in 1911
Of the Greaveses whose literacy was recorded, 83.2% could both read and write, 1.7% could read but not write, and 15.1% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Greaves common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (6), Harry, John, William and Christopher. For women it was Margaret (5), followed by Annie, Elizabeth, Susan and Eliza.
Greaves occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Greaves's census form was "Scholar"; 20% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.4%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4%), general labourer (2.4%) and retired / pensioner (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.2% of all Greaveses, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Greaves?
Most Greaveses, 59.2%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (36%), Methodist (1.6%), Plymouth Brethren (1.6%) and Presbyterian (0.8%).
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Greaves statistics (1911)
Number: 125
Rank: 3,368
Average Age: 30
Greavesin the USA (2020)
Number: 5,009
Rank: 6,512
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
