Fearon family name history and map
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Fearon in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 675 people named Fearon in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,500 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 312 men and 363 women.
Counties with Fearon in Ireland
Down was Fearon country: 40.7% of them (275 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (181), Louth (128), Antrim (55) and Dublin (21).
Fearon average age in 1911
The average Fearon in 1911 was 31.4 years old, 31.1 for men and 31.6 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.
Fearon literacy in 1911
Of the Fearons whose literacy was recorded, 70.2% could both read and write, 6.7% could read but not write, and 23.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 71.2% reading and writing against 69% 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.
Fearon common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (42), John, James, Bernard and Michael. For women it was Mary (50), followed by Elizabeth, Annie, Bridget and Rose.
Fearon occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Fearons was farmer, 19.3% of them (130 people). Next came scholar / student (17%), textile worker (6.7%), farm labourer (4%) and domestic servant (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 23.7% of all Fearons, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Fearon?
Fearons were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 93.8% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (4.4%), Presbyterian (1.2%) and Non-Conformist (0.1%).
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Fearon statistics (1911)
Number: 675
Rank: 1,053
Average Age: 31
Fearon in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,099
Rank: 13,789
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.