Lahiff family name history and map
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Lahiff in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 179 people named Lahiff in Ireland; roughly one in every 25,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 94 men and 84 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Lahiff in Ireland
Clare was Lahiff country: 42.5% of them (76 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Limerick (41), Galway (25), Dublin (22) and Cork (14).
Lahiff average age in 1911
The average Lahiff in 1911 was 30.1 years old, 26.9 for men and 33.7 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Lahiff literacy in 1911
Of the Lahiffs whose literacy was recorded, 78.1% could both read and write, 0.6% could read but not write, and 21.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 82.1% reading and writing against 74.2% 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.
Lahiff common first names
The most common male names were John (14), Patrick, James, Michael and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (23), followed by Annie, Bridget, Ellen and Margaret; matching the national top five exactly.
Lahiff occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Lahiff's census form was "Scholar"; 21.8% (39) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (16.2%), general labourer (5%), domestic servant (2.2%) and farm labourer (2.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19% of all Lahiffs, followed by general labourers, domestic service and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is Lahiff?
Lahiffs were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 96.1% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (3.9%).
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Lahiff statistics (1911)
Number: 179
Rank: 2,687
Average Age: 30
Lahiffin the USA (2020)
Number: 360
Rank: 60,433
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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