Carraher family name history and map
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Carraher in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 91 people named Carraher in Ireland; roughly one in every 48,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 42 men and 49 women.
Counties with Carraher in Ireland
Louth was Carraher country: 30.8% of them (28 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (21), Monaghan (16), Wexford (9) and Cavan (7).
Carraher average age in 1911
The average Carraher in 1911 was 33.4 years old, 36.8 for men and 30.5 for women; noticeably older 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.
Carraher literacy in 1911
Of the Carrahers whose literacy was recorded, 78.2% could both read and write, 10.3% could read but not write, and 11.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 80.5% reading and writing against 76.1% 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.
Carraher common first names
The most common male names were James (6), Michael, Patrick, Peter and John. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Bridget, Elizabeth, Kate and Alice.
Carraher occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Carraher's census form was "Scholar"; 22% (20) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (16.5%), general labourer (8.8%), domestic servant (3.3%) and retired / pensioner (3.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.7% of all Carrahers, followed by general labourers, domestic service and retired & pensioners.
What religion is Carraher?
Carrahers were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Carraher statistics (1911)
Number: 91
Rank: 4,098
Average Age: 33
Carraher in the USA (2020)
Number: 836
Rank: 30,002
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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