Leahey family name history and map
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Leahey in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 73 people named Leahey in Ireland; roughly one in every 60,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 35 men and 38 women.
Counties with Leahey in Ireland
Antrim was Leahey country: 30.1% of them (22 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tipperary (15), Kerry (10), Armagh (8) and Cork (4).
Leahey average age in 1911
The average Leahey in 1911 was 30.2 years old, 30.6 for men and 29.8 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.
Leahey literacy in 1911
Of the Leaheys whose literacy was recorded, 78.6% could both read and write, 2.9% could read but not write, and 18.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 86.5% reading and writing against 69.7% 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.
Leahey common first names
The most common male names were John (8), Patrick, David, James and Timothy. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Elizabeth and Ellen.
Leahey occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Leahey's census form was "Scholar"; 16.4% (12) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (12.3%), farmer (11%), farm labourer (5.5%) and domestic servant (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.4% of all Leaheys, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and building & construction.
What religion is Leahey?
Most Leaheys, 53.4%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (42.5%), Presbyterian (2.7%) and Methodist (1.4%).
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Leahey statistics (1911)
Number: 73
Rank: 4,636
Average Age: 30
Leahey in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,143
Rank: 23,003
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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