Lawe family name history and map
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Lawe in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 61 people named Lawe in Ireland; roughly one in every 72,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 35 women to 26 men.
Counties with Lawe in Ireland
Fermanagh was Lawe country: 34.4% of them (21 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (17), Roscommon (10), Tyrone (5) and Down (3).
Lawe average age in 1911
The average Lawe in 1911 was 27.8 years old, 26.7 for men and 28.5 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.
Lawe literacy in 1911
Of the Lawes whose literacy was recorded, 83.6% could both read and write, 7.3% could read but not write, and 9.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.1% reading and writing against 79.2% 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.
Lawe common first names
The most common male names were James (4), Patrick, Richard, Albert Thompson and Alexander. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Emma, Catherine, Charlotte and Hattie.
Lawe occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Lawe's census form was "Scholar"; 23% (14) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.5%), domestic servant (6.6%), farm labourer (4.9%) and blacksmith / smith (3.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.4% of all Lawes, followed by domestic service, textiles & clothing and general labourers.
What religion is Lawe?
The largest religious group among Lawes was Presbyterian, at 41%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (29.5%) and Anglican (27.9%).
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Lawe statistics (1911)
Number: 61
Rank: 5,128
Average Age: 28
Lawe in the USA (2020)
Number: 366
Rank: 59,630
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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