Mayers family name history and map
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Mayers in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 87 people named Mayers in Ireland; roughly one in every 50,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 50 women to 37 men.
Counties with Mayers in Ireland
Fermanagh was Mayers country: 33.3% of them (29 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (22), Monaghan (11), Roscommon (11) and Cork (6).
Mayers average age in 1911
The average Mayers in 1911 was 33.5 years old, 37.4 for men and 30.6 for women; noticeably 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.
Mayers literacy in 1911
Of the Mayerses whose literacy was recorded, 83.3% could both read and write, 2.4% could read but not write, and 14.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.5% reading and writing against 77.8% 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.
Mayers common first names
The most common male names were John (6), James, Patrick, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Mary Jane, Sarah, Susan and Maggie.
Mayers occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Mayerses was farmer, 23% of them (20 people). Next came scholar / student (18.4%), clerk / office worker (3.4%), teacher (3.4%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 24.1% of all Mayerses, followed by professional, clerical & administration and retail & commerce.
What religion is Mayers?
The largest religious group among Mayerses was Anglican, at 41.4%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (32.2%), Presbyterian (19.5%) and Methodist (6.9%).
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Mayers statistics (1911)
Number: 87
Rank: 4,204
Average Age: 34
Mayersin the USA (2020)
Number: 5,799
Rank: 5,761
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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