Beary family name history
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Beary in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 129 people named Beary in Ireland; roughly one in every 34,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 67 men and 62 women.
Counties with Beary in Ireland
Limerick was Beary country: 45.7% of them (59 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tipperary (26), Cork (23), Wexford (11) and Waterford (3).
Beary average age in 1911
The average Beary in 1911 was 29.1 years old, 27.8 for men and 30.6 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.
Beary literacy in 1911
Of the Bearys whose literacy was recorded, 84.4% could both read and write, 2.3% could read but not write, and 13.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 86.6% reading and writing against 82% 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.
Beary common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (15), John, Thomas, Michael and William. For women it was Mary (15), followed by Margaret, Ellen, Kate and Norah.
Beary occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Beary's census form was "Scholar"; 28.7% (37) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.6%), farm labourer (8.5%), general labourer (7%) and domestic servant (3.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.9% of all Bearys, followed by general labourers, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Beary?
Bearys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.4% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.8%) and Presbyterian (0.8%).
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Beary statistics (1911)
129 in Ireland
3,306 most common surname in Ireland
29 average age
Bearyin the USA (2020)
905 in USA (2020)
28,086 rank in USA (2020)
