Coady family name history and map
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Coady in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 934 people named Coady in Ireland; roughly one in every 4,700 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 483 men and 450 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Coady in Ireland
Kilkenny had the largest share of Coadys, 18.4% (172 people). Next came Tipperary (159), Dublin (110), Carlow (107) and Wexford (99).
Coady average age in 1911
The average Coady in 1911 was 29.7 years old, 29.0 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.
Coady literacy in 1911
Of the Coadys whose literacy was recorded, 75.9% could both read and write, 3.8% could read but not write, and 20.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 77.4% reading and writing against 74.4% 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.
Coady common first names
The most common male names were John (84), James, Patrick, Michael and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (86), followed by Margaret, Bridget, Kate and Ellen.
Coady occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Coady's census form was "Scholar"; 19.5% (182) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.5%), general labourer (5.9%), farm labourer (5%) and domestic servant (4.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20% of all Coadys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Coady?
Coadys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 97.8% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.9%).
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Coady statistics (1911)
Number: 934
Rank: 829
Average Age: 30
Coady in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,275
Rank: 12,915
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.