Feighery family name history
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Feighery in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 170 people named Feighery in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 85 men and 85 women.
Counties with Feighery in Ireland
Offaly was Feighery country: 48.8% of them (83 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Laois (35), Clare (19), Dublin (17) and Leitrim (12).
Feighery average age in 1911
The average Feighery in 1911 was 27.6 years old, 27.4 for men and 27.9 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.
Feighery literacy in 1911
Of the Feigherys whose literacy was recorded, 74.1% could both read and write, 4.2% could read but not write, and 21.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 78% reading and writing against 70.2% 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.
Feighery common first names
The most common male names were John (15), James, Thomas, Michael and Patrick; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (13), followed by Margaret, Elizabeth, Bridget and Kate.
Feighery occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Feigherys was farmer, 25.3% of them (43 people). Next came scholar / student (18.8%), general labourer (5.3%), farm labourer (4.7%) and carpenter / joiner (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 30.6% of all Feigherys, followed by general labourers, domestic service and transport.
What religion is Feighery?
Feigherys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Feighery statistics (1911)
Number: 170
Rank: 2,786
Average Age: 28
Feigheryin the USA (2020)
Number: 238
Rank: 84,785
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
