Ayres family name history and map
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Ayres in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 73 people named Ayres in Ireland; roughly one in every 60,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 36 men and 36 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Ayres in Ireland
The Ayreses were heavily concentrated in Dublin, home to 52.1% of them (38 people). Next came Kilkenny (10), Limerick (5), Carlow (4) and Louth (4).
Ayres average age in 1911
The average Ayres in 1911 was 25.4 years old, 24.4 for men and 26.1 for women; noticeably 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.
Ayres literacy in 1911
Of the Ayreses whose literacy was recorded, 81.2% could both read and write, 1.4% could read but not write, and 17.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 84.4% reading and writing against 77.8% 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.
Ayres common first names
The most common male names were James (6), John, William, Albert Edward and George. For women it was Annie (3), followed by Bridget, Mary, Agnes and Anastasia.
Ayres occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Ayres's census form was "Scholar"; 16.4% (12) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (5.5%), general labourer (5.5%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (5.5%) and clerk / office worker (4.1%). Grouped by sector, domestic service accounted for 11% of all Ayreses, followed by retail & commerce, general labourers and agriculture.
What religion is Ayres?
Most Ayreses, 64.4%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (32.9%) and Agnostic (1.4%).
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Ayres statistics (1911)
Number: 73
Rank: 4,636
Average Age: 25
Ayresin the USA (2020)
Number: 10,754
Rank: 3,277
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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