Farr family name history and map
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Farr in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 245 people named Farr in Ireland; roughly one in every 18,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 123 men and 121 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties and map with Farr in Ireland
Antrim was Farr country: 48.2% of them (118 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tyrone (51), Armagh (26), Down (20) and Cork (13).
Farr average age in 1911
The average Farr in 1911 was 28.7 years old, 26.2 for men and 31.3 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.
Farr literacy in 1911
Of the Farrs whose literacy was recorded, 77.7% could both read and write, 3.3% could read but not write, and 19% 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.
Farr common first names
The most common male names were James (13), Thomas, William, Robert and Joseph. For women it was Annie (9), followed by Mary, Margaret, Ellen and Sarah.
Farr occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Farr's census form was "Scholar"; 20.8% (51) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.6%), textile worker (5.7%), farm labourer (4.1%) and general labourer (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.5% of all Farrs, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Farr?
Most Farrs, 69%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (18.8%), Roman Catholic (5.7%), Baptist (2.4%) and Methodist (2.4%).
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Farr statistics (1911)
Number: 245
Rank: 2,207
Average Age: 29
Farr in the USA (2020)
Number: 19,233
Rank: 1,829
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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