Rae family name history and map
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Rae in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 83 people named Rae in Ireland; roughly one in every 53,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 39 men and 44 women.
Counties with Rae in Ireland
Dublin was Rae country: 33.7% of them (28 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (22), Antrim (12), Kerry (7) and Cork (5).
Rae average age in 1911
The average Rae in 1911 was 27.0 years old, 26.1 for men and 27.7 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.
Rae literacy in 1911
Of the Raes whose literacy was recorded, 82.7% could both read and write, 2.5% could read but not write, and 14.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 84.6% reading and writing against 81% 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.
Rae common first names
The most common male names were William (6), Andrew, James, James M and John. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Elizabeth, Margaret, Agnes and Jane.
Rae occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Rae's census form was "Scholar"; 19.3% (16) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (4.8%), farmer (3.6%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.6%) and carpenter / joiner (2.4%). Grouped by sector, domestic service accounted for 7.2% of all Raes, followed by professional, agriculture and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Rae?
The largest religious group among Raes was Anglican, at 45.8%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (33.7%), Roman Catholic (16.9%) and Baptist (2.4%).
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Rae statistics (1911)
Number: 83
Rank: 4,322
Average Age: 27
Raein the USA (2020)
Number: 5,142
Rank: 6,363
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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