Corey family name history
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Corey in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 163 people named Corey in Ireland; roughly one in every 27,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 82 men and 81 women.
Counties with Corey in Ireland
Tyrone was Corey country: 45.4% of them (74 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Derry (32), Antrim (18), Dublin (10) and Armagh (9).
Corey average age in 1911
The average Corey in 1911 was 33.4 years old, 32.0 for men and 34.9 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.
Corey literacy in 1911
Of the Coreys whose literacy was recorded, 73.4% could both read and write, 5.7% could read but not write, and 20.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 76.2% reading and writing against 70.5% 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.
Corey common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (13), James, John, Joseph and Michael. For women it was Mary (16), followed by Annie, Bridget, Catherine and Elizabeth.
Corey occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Coreys was farmer, 19.6% of them (32 people). Next came scholar / student (14.7%), textile worker (9.2%), farm labourer (6.7%) and general labourer (6.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 26.4% of all Coreys, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Corey?
Coreys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.2% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.8%).
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Corey statistics (1911)
163 in Ireland
2,858 most common surname in Ireland
33 average age
Coreyin the USA (2020)
14,106 in USA (2020)
2,496 rank in USA (2020)
