Gerrard family name history and map
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Gerrard in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 168 people named Gerrard in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 92 men to 75 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Gerrard in Ireland
Meath was Gerrard country: 32.1% of them (54 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (50), Louth (20), Sligo (8) and Kildare (5).
Gerrard average age in 1911
The average Gerrard in 1911 was 31.8 years old, 31.8 for men and 32.1 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.
Gerrard literacy in 1911
Of the Gerrards whose literacy was recorded, 88.5% could both read and write, 1.8% could read but not write, and 9.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 91% reading and writing against 85.3% 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.
Gerrard common first names
The most common male names were John (13), Thomas, William, Joseph and Edward. For women it was Margaret (7), followed by Mary, Annie, Bridget and Anne.
Gerrard occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Gerrard's census form was "Scholar"; 20.8% (35) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (6%), domestic servant (4.2%), general labourer (4.2%) and printer (4.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.7% of all Gerrards, followed by domestic service, manufacturing & trades and general labourers.
What religion is Gerrard?
Most Gerrards, 66.7%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (29.8%) and Presbyterian (2.4%).
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Gerrard statistics (1911)
Number: 168
Rank: 2,809
Average Age: 32
Gerrardin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,850
Rank: 15,281
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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