Story family name history and map
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Story in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 59 people named Story in Ireland; roughly one in every 74,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 29 men and 30 women.
Counties with Story in Ireland
Dublin was Story country: 49.2% of them (29 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (11), Cavan (9), Down (3) and Wexford (3).
Story average age in 1911
The average Story in 1911 was 30.1 years old, 29.9 for men and 30.4 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.
Story literacy in 1911
Of the Storys whose literacy was recorded, 78% could both read and write, 3.4% could read but not write, and 18.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 82.8% reading and writing against 73.3% 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.
Story common first names
The most common male names were Robert (2), William, Arthur Patrick, Bernard and Bernard Stuart. For women it was Mary (2), followed by Rachel, Agnes, Alice Elizabeth and Alice gertrude.
Story occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Story's census form was "Scholar"; 23.7% (14) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (5.1%), farm labourer (3.4%), farmer (3.4%) and medical / nursing (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 8.5% of all Storys, followed by professional, textiles & clothing and retail & commerce.
What religion is Story?
Most Storys, 61%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (32.2%), Presbyterian (5.1%) and Plymouth Brethren (1.7%).
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Story statistics (1911)
Number: 59
Rank: 5,237
Average Age: 30
Story in the USA (2020)
Number: 18,276
Rank: 1,932
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.