Storey family name history and map
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Storey in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 544 people named Storey in Ireland; roughly one in every 8,100 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 257 men and 281 women. (A small number, 6, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Storey in Ireland
Antrim was Storey country: 29% of them (158 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (87), Cavan (46), Down (43) and Wexford (30).
Storey average age in 1911
The average Storey in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 29.2 for men and 28.8 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.
Storey literacy in 1911
Of the Storeys whose literacy was recorded, 81% could both read and write, 2.7% could read but not write, and 16.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 82.5% reading and writing against 79.4% 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.
Storey common first names
The most common male names were John (35), William, James, Robert and Thomas. For women it was Mary (21), followed by Margaret, Annie, Elizabeth and Sarah.
Storey occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Storey's census form was "Scholar"; 17.3% (94) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.6%), general labourer (3.5%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.5%) and farm labourer (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.2% of all Storeys, followed by domestic service, retail & commerce and general labourers.
What religion is Storey?
The largest religious group among Storeys was Anglican, at 35.5%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (34.2%), Presbyterian (19.1%), Methodist (6.2%) and Plymouth Brethren (2.4%).
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Storey statistics (1911)
Number: 544
Rank: 1,261
Average Age: 29
Storeyin the USA (2020)
Number: 13,360
Rank: 2,636
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
