Read family name history and map
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Read in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 211 people named Read in Ireland; roughly one in every 21,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 102 men and 107 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties and map with Read in Ireland
Dublin was Read country: 29.9% of them (63 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Donegal (26), Wicklow (18), Kerry (14) and Antrim (13).
Read average age in 1911
The average Read in 1911 was 34.6 years old, 34.9 for men and 34.3 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.
Read literacy in 1911
Of the Reads whose literacy was recorded, 89.5% could both read and write, 1.5% could read but not write, and 9% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Read common first names
The most common male names were William (10), John, Thomas, Robert and James. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Elizabeth, Anne, Margaret and Maggie.
Read occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Read's census form was "Scholar"; 13.3% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (7.1%), domestic servant (3.8%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.8%) and clerk / office worker (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 9.5% of all Reads, followed by domestic service, retail & commerce and professional.
What religion is Read?
The largest religious group among Reads was Anglican, at 39.8%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (39.3%), Presbyterian (11.8%), Methodist (4.3%) and Baptist (0.9%).
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Read statistics (1911)
Number: 211
Rank: 2,418
Average Age: 35
Read in the USA (2020)
Number: 16,452
Rank: 2,150
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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