Myres family name history and map
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Myres in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 53 people named Myres in Ireland; roughly one in every 83,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 25 men and 28 women.
Counties with Myres in Ireland
Cork was Myres country: 45.3% of them (24 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kerry (8), Limerick (8), Dublin (3) and Tipperary (3).
Myres average age in 1911
The average Myres in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 28.7 for men and 29.0 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.
Myres literacy in 1911
Of the Myreses whose literacy was recorded, 78% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 22% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 88% reading and writing against 68% 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.
Myres common first names
The most common male names were John (5), William, Patrick, Denis and James. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Bridget, Ellen, Hannah and Julia.
Myres occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Myres's census form was "Scholar"; 13.2% (7) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (11.3%), domestic servant (7.5%), general labourer (7.5%) and metal worker / engineer (5.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15.1% of all Myreses, followed by domestic service, general labourers and metal & engineering.
What religion is Myres?
Myreses were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.1% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.9%).
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Myres statistics (1911)
Number: 53
Rank: 5,585
Average Age: 29
Myres in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,137
Rank: 23,096
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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