Fyfe family name history
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Fyfe in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 116 people named Fyfe in Ireland; roughly one in every 38,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 66 men to 50 women.
Counties with Fyfe in Ireland
Antrim was Fyfe country: 46.6% of them (54 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (16), Fermanagh (15), Tyrone (12) and Cavan (10).
Fyfe average age in 1911
The average Fyfe in 1911 was 28.7 years old, 27.5 for men and 30.4 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.
Fyfe literacy in 1911
Of the Fyfes whose literacy was recorded, 84.2% could both read and write, 5.3% could read but not write, and 10.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 85.9% reading and writing against 82% 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.
Fyfe common first names
The most common male names were John (10), James, William, Alexander and George. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Catherine, Isabella, Annie and Jane.
Fyfe occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Fyfe's census form was "Scholar"; 20.7% (24) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.3%), farm labourer (8.6%), domestic servant (3.4%) and dressmaker / milliner (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19% of all Fyfes, followed by domestic service, textiles & clothing and public service & defence.
What religion is Fyfe?
The largest religious group among Fyfes was Anglican, at 46.6%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (42.2%), Presbyterian (9.5%) and Methodist (1.7%).
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Fyfe statistics (1911)
116 in Ireland
3,521 most common surname in Ireland
29 average age
Fyfein the USA (2020)
1,632 in USA (2020)
17,014 rank in USA (2020)
