Fair family name history and map
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Fair in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 240 people named Fair in Ireland; roughly one in every 18,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 133 women to 107 men.
Counties with Fair in Ireland
Mayo was Fair country: 27.9% of them (67 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (46), Dublin (36), Fermanagh (20) and Tyrone (20).
Fair average age in 1911
The average Fair in 1911 was 33.7 years old, 35.6 for men and 32.2 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.
Fair literacy in 1911
Of the Fairs whose literacy was recorded, 90.5% could both read and write, 2.2% could read but not write, and 7.3% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Fair common first names
The most common male names were John (14), James, Robert, Thomas and Henry. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Annie, Ellen, Julia and Elizabeth.
Fair occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Fair's census form was "Scholar"; 20.8% (50) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (20%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.6%), no occupation / dependent (2.9%) and clerk / office worker (2.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.4% of all Fairs, followed by retail & commerce, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Fair?
The largest religious group among Fairs was Anglican, at 49.2%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (25.8%), Roman Catholic (18.3%), Methodist (4.6%) and Plymouth Brethren (0.8%).
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Fair statistics (1911)
Number: 240
Rank: 2,242
Average Age: 34
Fair in the USA (2020)
Number: 17,628
Rank: 2,002
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
