Stead family name history and map
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Stead in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 83 people named Stead in Ireland; roughly one in every 53,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 41 men and 41 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Stead in Ireland
The Steads were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 66.3% of them (55 people). Next came Dublin (10), Galway (10) and Tyrone (8).
Stead average age in 1911
The average Stead in 1911 was 27.5 years old, 25.1 for men and 29.9 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.
Stead literacy in 1911
Of the Steads whose literacy was recorded, 80% could both read and write, 1.2% could read but not write, and 18.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 84.6% reading and writing against 75.6% 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.
Stead common first names
The most common male names were James (4), Thomas, William, Hugh and John. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary J and Sarah.
Stead occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Steads was farmer, 16.9% of them (14 people). Next came scholar / student (13.3%), general labourer (4.8%), domestic servant (3.6%) and metal worker / engineer (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.1% of all Steads, followed by domestic service, general labourers and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Stead?
Most Steads, 55.4%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (20.5%), Roman Catholic (19.3%) and Methodist (1.2%).
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Stead statistics (1911)
Number: 83
Rank: 4,322
Average Age: 28
Steadin the USA (2020)
Number: 2,680
Rank: 11,273
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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