Gorey family name history and map
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Gorey in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 209 people named Gorey in Ireland; roughly one in every 21,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 101 men and 108 women.
Counties with Gorey in Ireland
Kilkenny was Gorey country: 30.1% of them (63 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kildare (38), Meath (32), Limerick (30) and Dublin (27).
Gorey average age in 1911
The average Gorey in 1911 was 31.1 years old, 31.6 for men and 30.7 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.
Gorey literacy in 1911
Of the Goreys whose literacy was recorded, 76.9% could both read and write, 2.9% could read but not write, and 20.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 81.2% reading and writing against 72.9% 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.
Gorey common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (18), Michael, John, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (23), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Margaret and Anne.
Gorey occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Gorey's census form was "Scholar"; 18.7% (39) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.4%), general labourer (8.1%), farm labourer (5.7%) and domestic servant (4.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.5% of all Goreys, followed by general labourers, domestic service and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is Gorey?
Goreys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.5% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.5%).
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Gorey statistics (1911)
Number: 209
Rank: 2,429
Average Age: 31
Gorey in the USA (2020)
Number: 777
Rank: 31,863
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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