Ayre family name history and map
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Ayre in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 72 people named Ayre in Ireland; roughly one in every 61,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 36 men and 36 women.
Counties with Ayre in Ireland
Antrim was Ayre country: 45.8% of them (33 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (21), Laois (8), Westmeath (5) and Cork (3).
Ayre average age in 1911
The average Ayre in 1911 was 28.3 years old, 25.9 for men and 30.5 for women; a touch 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.
Ayre literacy in 1911
Of the Ayres whose literacy was recorded, 77.5% could both read and write, 8.5% could read but not write, and 14.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 80% reading and writing against 75% 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.
Ayre common first names
The most common male names were John (7), James, William, David and Henry. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Jane, Annie, Margaret and Margartta.
Ayre occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Ayre's census form was "Scholar"; 22.2% (16) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (6.9%), farmer (6.9%), general labourer (6.9%) and domestic servant (5.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.9% of all Ayres, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Ayre?
The largest religious group among Ayres was Presbyterian, at 44.4%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (36.1%), Roman Catholic (11.1%), Baptist (4.2%) and Methodist (1.4%).
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Ayre statistics (1911)
Number: 72
Rank: 4,678
Average Age: 28
Ayre in the USA (2020)
Number: 714
Rank: 34,217
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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