Sayers family name history and map
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Sayers in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 501 people named Sayers in Ireland; roughly one in every 8,800 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 259 men and 241 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Sayers in Ireland
Kerry was Sayers country: 26.3% of them (132 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (110), Tyrone (60), Donegal (50) and Cork (34).
Sayers average age in 1911
The average Sayers in 1911 was 27.1 years old, 25.9 for men and 28.4 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.
Sayers literacy in 1911
Of the Sayerses whose literacy was recorded, 79.1% could both read and write, 2.9% could read but not write, and 18% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 81% reading and writing against 77.2% 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.
Sayers common first names
The most common male names were John (28), James, Thomas, William and Joseph. For women it was Margaret (18), followed by Mary, Ellen, Annie and Elizabeth.
Sayers occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Sayers's census form was "Scholar"; 24.8% (124) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (18.4%), farm labourer (3.2%), general labourer (3%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.6% of all Sayerses, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Sayers?
The largest religious group among Sayerses was Roman Catholic, at 38.5%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (28.1%), Anglican (19%), Jewish (8.6%) and Methodist (4.4%).
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Sayers statistics (1911)
Number: 501
Rank: 1,350
Average Age: 27
Sayersin the USA (2020)
Number: 7,251
Rank: 4,735
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
