Deveney family name history
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Deveney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 113 people named Deveney in Ireland; roughly one in every 39,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 63 men to 50 women.
Counties with Deveney in Ireland
Donegal was Deveney country: 35.4% of them (40 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Derry (20), Roscommon (11), Armagh (7) and Dublin (7).
Deveney average age in 1911
The average Deveney in 1911 was 27.5 years old, 26.6 for men and 28.6 for women; a touch 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.
Deveney literacy in 1911
Of the Deveneys whose literacy was recorded, 65.7% could both read and write, 1.9% could read but not write, and 32.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 67.4% reading and writing against 64.5% 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.
Deveney common first names
The most common male names were John (10), James, Patrick, Thomas and Charles. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Anne, Ellen, Margaret and Annie.
Deveney occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Deveney's census form was "Scholar"; 22.1% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.8%), farm labourer (8%), domestic servant (3.5%) and housekeeper (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.8% of all Deveneys, followed by domestic service, building & construction and food & drink.
What religion is Deveney?
Deveneys were predominantly Roman Catholic (77%). The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (14.2%), Non-Conformist (5.3%), Anglican (0.9%) and Unitarian (0.9%).
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Deveney statistics (1911)
Number: 113
Rank: 3,587
Average Age: 28
Deveneyin the USA (2020)
Number: 825
Rank: 30,341
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
