Mehaffey family name history and map
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Mehaffey in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 83 people named Mehaffey in Ireland; roughly one in every 53,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 48 women to 35 men.
Counties with Mehaffey in Ireland
Antrim was Mehaffey country: 32.5% of them (27 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (21), Armagh (11), Donegal (7) and Tyrone (7).
Mehaffey average age in 1911
The average Mehaffey in 1911 was 29.9 years old, 30.7 for men and 29.3 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.
Mehaffey literacy in 1911
Of the Mehaffeys whose literacy was recorded, 84.2% could both read and write, 2.6% could read but not write, and 13.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 87.9% reading and writing against 81.4% of 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.
Mehaffey common first names
The most common male names were John (5), James, Robert, William and Cunningham Atchison. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Elizabeth, Agnes, Annie and Jane.
Mehaffey occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Mehaffey's census form was "Scholar"; 20.5% (17) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (15.7%), farm labourer (4.8%), general labourer (3.6%) and metal worker / engineer (3.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.5% of all Mehaffeys, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and metal & engineering.
What religion is Mehaffey?
Most Mehaffeys, 50.6%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (45.8%), Unitarian (2.4%) and Baptist (1.2%).
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Mehaffey statistics (1911)
Number: 83
Rank: 4,322
Average Age: 30
Mehaffey in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,599
Rank: 17,303
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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