Freaney family name history and map
No data was found
No data was found
Freaney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 90 people named Freaney in Ireland; roughly one in every 49,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 41 men and 49 women.
Counties with Freaney in Ireland
Kilkenny was Freaney country: 28.9% of them (26 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Galway (21), Tipperary (13), Wexford (13) and Mayo (10).
Freaney average age in 1911
The average Freaney in 1911 was 25.7 years old, 29.0 for men and 22.8 for women; noticeably 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.
Freaney literacy in 1911
Of the Freaneys whose literacy was recorded, 70% could both read and write, 4.4% could read but not write, and 25.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 75.6% reading and writing against 65.3% of 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.
Freaney common first names
The most common male names were John (6), Michael, Patrick, James and Edward. For women it was Mary (13), followed by Margaret, Johanna, Bridget and Ellen.
Freaney occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Freaney's census form was "Scholar"; 21.1% (19) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (20%), domestic servant (6.7%), farm labourer (4.4%) and no occupation / dependent (3.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 25.6% of all Freaneys, followed by domestic service, no occupation / dependent and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Freaney?
Freaneys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
Visitor Notes
Review type for post source and surnames source type not found
Added by
Pete F
IrishHistory.com is passionate about helping people discover and connect with the rich stories of their local communities.
Please use the form below to submit any photos you may have of Freaney. We're happy to take any suggested edits you may have too. Please be advised it will take us some time to get to these submissions. Thank you.
Freaney statistics (1911)
Number: 90
Rank: 4,120
Average Age: 26
Freaneyin the USA (2020)
Number: 153
Rank: 119,572
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
