Eyre family name history and map
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Eyre in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 74 people named Eyre in Ireland; roughly one in every 59,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 45 women to 29 men.
Counties with Eyre in Ireland
Dublin was Eyre country: 31.1% of them (23 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (9), Galway (8), Kilkenny (7) and Wexford (7).
Eyre average age in 1911
The average Eyre in 1911 was 33.6 years old, 30.0 for men and 36.0 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.
Eyre literacy in 1911
Of the Eyres whose literacy was recorded, 87.7% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 12.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 91.1% reading and writing against 82.1% 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.
Eyre common first names
The most common male names were John (3), Henry James, William, Allen and Cecil George. For women it was Margaret (5), followed by Elizabeth, Lucy, Ellen and Fannie.
Eyre occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Eyre's census form was "Scholar"; 20.3% (15) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (8.1%), publican / hotel worker (5.4%), farm labourer (4.1%) and no occupation / dependent (4.1%). Grouped by sector, retail & commerce accounted for 13.5% of all Eyres, followed by agriculture, domestic service and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is Eyre?
The largest religious group among Eyres was Anglican, at 47.3%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (37.8%) and Presbyterian (14.9%).
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Eyre statistics (1911)
Number: 74
Rank: 4,607
Average Age: 34
Eyre in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,423
Rank: 12,263
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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