Lavery family name history and map
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Lavery in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 1,897 people named Lavery in Ireland, about 0.043% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 463rd most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 878 men and 1,016 women. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)
Counties and map with Lavery in Ireland
Antrim was Lavery country: 46% of them (872 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (430), Armagh (336), Tyrone (62) and Derry (38).
Lavery average age in 1911
The average Lavery in 1911 was 29.2 years old, 27.7 for men and 30.4 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.
Lavery literacy in 1911
Of the Laverys whose literacy was recorded, 74.5% could both read and write, 4% could read but not write, and 21.5% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Lavery common first names
The most common male names were John (107), James, William, Thomas and Patrick. For women it was Mary (106), followed by Elizabeth, Margaret, Annie and Sarah.
Lavery occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Lavery's census form was "Scholar"; 19.2% (364) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (12.2%), farmer (7.4%), general labourer (4.9%) and farm labourer (2.7%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 17.1% of all Laverys, followed by agriculture, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Lavery?
Most Laverys, 66.2%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (24.5%), Presbyterian (5.9%), Methodist (1.6%) and Congregationalist (0.6%).
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Lavery statistics (1911)
Number: 1,897
Rank: 463
Average Age: 29
Lavery in the USA (2020)
Number: 3,574
Rank: 8,810
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
