Berney family name history and map
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Berney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 256 people named Berney in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 116 men and 140 women.
Counties with Berney in Ireland
Wexford was Berney country: 30.1% of them (77 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (61), Cavan (37), Kildare (32) and Wicklow (14).
Berney average age in 1911
The average Berney in 1911 was 26.6 years old, 29.2 for men and 24.4 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.
Berney literacy in 1911
Of the Berneys whose literacy was recorded, 76.6% could both read and write, 3.6% could read but not write, and 19.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 77.6% reading and writing against 75.4% of men. 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.
Berney common first names
The most common male names were James (15), Patrick, Thomas, John and William. For women it was Mary (19), followed by Ellen, Bridget, Maggie and Catherine.
Berney occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Berney's census form was "Scholar"; 19.9% (51) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (5.5%), farm labourer (3.9%), farmer (3.1%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 9% of all Berneys, followed by general labourers, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Berney?
Berneys were predominantly Roman Catholic (78.1%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (18.8%), Presbyterian (1.6%) and Methodist (0.4%).
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Berney statistics (1911)
Number: 256
Rank: 2,133
Average Age: 27
Berney in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,096
Rank: 23,856
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
