Dwyer family name history and map
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Dwyer in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 5,971 people named Dwyer in Ireland, about 0.136% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 120th most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 3,037 men and 2,926 women. (A small number, 8, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Dwyer in Ireland
Tipperary was Dwyer country: 39.3% of them (2,345 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (714), Dublin (453), Limerick (411) and Kilkenny (316).
Dwyer average age in 1911
The average Dwyer in 1911 was 31.2 years old, 30.5 for men and 32.1 for women; slightly 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.
Dwyer literacy in 1911
Of the Dwyers whose literacy was recorded, 79.5% could both read and write, 3.5% could read but not write, and 16.9% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 80.7% reading and writing against 78.3% 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.
Dwyer common first names
The most common male names were John (480), Patrick, Michael, Thomas and James; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (560), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Ellen and Catherine.
Dwyer occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Dwyer's census form was "Scholar"; 18.6% (1,112) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (16.9%), farm labourer (5.7%), general labourer (4.6%) and domestic servant (3.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 23.4% of all Dwyers, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Dwyer?
Dwyers were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.8%), Presbyterian (0.1%) and Methodist (0.1%).
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Dwyer statistics (1911)
Number: 5,971
Rank: 120
Average Age: 31
Dwyerin the USA (2020)
Number: 26,585
Rank: 1,296
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
