Teer family name history and map
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Teer in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 102 people named Teer in Ireland; roughly one in every 43,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 49 men and 53 women.
Counties with Teer in Ireland
Antrim was Teer country: 43.1% of them (44 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (37), Laois (6), Kerry (5) and Mayo (5).
Teer average age in 1911
The average Teer in 1911 was 27.3 years old, 24.2 for men and 30.2 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.
Teer literacy in 1911
Of the Teers whose literacy was recorded, 81.2% could both read and write, 2.1% could read but not write, and 16.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84.3% reading and writing against 77.8% 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.
Teer common first names
The most common male names were James (6), John, Joseph, William and Daniel. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Lizzie, Elizabeth, Margaret and Kathleen.
Teer occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Teer's census form was "Scholar"; 22.5% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (9.8%), domestic servant (3.9%), gamekeeper / forester (3.9%) and general labourer (3.9%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 13.7% of all Teers, followed by domestic service, agriculture and general labourers.
What religion is Teer?
Most Teers, 51%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (46.1%), Methodist (2%) and Presbyterian (1%).
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Teer statistics (1911)
Number: 102
Rank: 3,808
Average Age: 27
Teer in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,686
Rank: 16,531
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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