Mates family name history and map
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Mates in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 54 people named Mates in Ireland; roughly one in every 81,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 27 men and 27 women.
Counties and map with Mates in Ireland
The Mateses were heavily concentrated in Wicklow, home to 53.7% of them (29 people). Next came Dublin (15), Tyrone (5), Armagh (3) and Cork (2).
Mates average age in 1911
The average Mates in 1911 was 31.1 years old, 30.4 for men and 31.9 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.
Mates literacy in 1911
Of the Mateses whose literacy was recorded, 87% could both read and write, 3.7% could read but not write, and 9.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 92.6% reading and writing against 81.5% 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.
Mates common first names
The most common male names were Edward (4), John, George, Carter and Charles James. For women it was Anne (3), followed by Margaret, Annie, Mary and Sarah.
Mates occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Mates's census form was "Scholar"; 14.8% (8) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (5.6%), farm labourer (3.7%), farmer (3.7%) and painter / decorator (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.1% of all Mateses, followed by transport, domestic service and building & construction.
What religion is Mates?
Most Mateses, 57.4%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (27.8%), Presbyterian (11.1%) and Baptist (3.7%).
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Mates statistics (1911)
Number: 54
Rank: 5,519
Average Age: 31
Mates in the USA (2020)
Number: 696
Rank: 34,947
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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