Deady family name history and map
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Deady in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 205 people named Deady in Ireland; roughly one in every 21,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 100 men and 105 women.
Counties with Deady in Ireland
Cork was Deady country: 31.2% of them (64 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kerry (58), Kilkenny (34), Waterford (16) and Tipperary (15).
Deady average age in 1911
The average Deady in 1911 was 30.6 years old, 29.0 for men and 32.2 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.
Deady literacy in 1911
Of the Deadys whose literacy was recorded, 78.2% could both read and write, 5% could read but not write, and 16.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 80.8% reading and writing against 75.7% 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.
Deady common first names
The most common male names were John (18), James, Michael, Patrick and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (25), followed by Margaret, Ellen, Kate and Bridget.
Deady occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Deady's census form was "Scholar"; 19.5% (40) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.7%), general labourer (6.3%), domestic servant (4.4%) and fisherman (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.1% of all Deadys, followed by general labourers, domestic service and professional.
What religion is Deady?
Deadys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.5% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.5%).
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Deady statistics (1911)
Number: 205
Rank: 2,468
Average Age: 31
Deady in the USA (2020)
Number: 823
Rank: 30,403
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.