Mayes family name history and map
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Mayes in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 180 people named Mayes in Ireland; roughly one in every 24,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 105 women to 75 men.
Counties with Mayes in Ireland
Antrim was Mayes country: 40.6% of them (73 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (39), Down (30), Fermanagh (12) and Dublin (7).
Mayes average age in 1911
The average Mayes in 1911 was 26.6 years old, 26.4 for men and 26.8 for women; noticeably 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.
Mayes literacy in 1911
Of the Mayeses whose literacy was recorded, 73.1% could both read and write, 5.7% could read but not write, and 21.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 74.8% reading and writing against 70.8% 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.
Mayes common first names
The most common male names were John (11), William, James, Thomas and Richard. For women it was Mary (10), followed by Elizabeth, Sarah, Annie and Margaret.
Mayes occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Mayes's census form was "Scholar"; 21.7% (39) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (7.8%), farmer (6.7%), dressmaker / milliner (2.8%) and domestic servant (2.2%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 12.2% of all Mayeses, followed by agriculture, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Mayes?
Most Mayeses, 61.1%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (21.1%), Methodist (13.3%), Presbyterian (2.8%) and Quaker (1.1%).
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Mayes statistics (1911)
Number: 180
Rank: 2,678
Average Age: 27
Mayesin the USA (2020)
Number: 23,637
Rank: 1,470
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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