Ahearne family name history and map
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Ahearne in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 242 people named Ahearne in Ireland; roughly one in every 18,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 117 men and 124 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Ahearne in Ireland
The Ahearnes were heavily concentrated in Waterford, home to 62% of them (150 people). Next came Cork (25), Tipperary (24), Wexford (20) and Meath (9).
Ahearne average age in 1911
The average Ahearne in 1911 was 30.7 years old, 30.9 for men and 30.5 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.
Ahearne literacy in 1911
Of the Ahearnes whose literacy was recorded, 71.9% could both read and write, 3.5% could read but not write, and 24.7% 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.
Ahearne common first names
The most common male names were John (23), Patrick, James, Michael and William. For women it was Mary (28), followed by Margaret, Bridget, Ellen and Kate.
Ahearne occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Ahearne's census form was "Scholar"; 26.9% (65) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (7.9%), farmer (7.9%), general labourer (3.7%) and domestic servant (3.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.9% of all Ahearnes, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Ahearne?
Ahearnes were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.6% of them.
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Ahearne statistics (1911)
Number: 242
Rank: 2,229
Average Age: 31
Ahearne in the USA (2020)
Number: 135
Rank: 131,120
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
