Wray family name history and map
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Wray in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 706 people named Wray in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,200 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 364 men and 342 women.
Counties with Wray in Ireland
Donegal was Wray country: 33.7% of them (238 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Derry (160), Antrim (111), Tyrone (65) and Fermanagh (47).
Wray average age in 1911
The average Wray in 1911 was 29.7 years old, 30.4 for men and 29.0 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Wray literacy in 1911
Of the Wrays whose literacy was recorded, 77.5% could both read and write, 6.8% could read but not write, and 15.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 78.7% reading and writing against 76.5% 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.
Wray common first names
The most common male names were John (41), William, James, David and Robert. For women it was Mary (21), followed by Margaret, Elizabeth, Maggie and Annie.
Wray occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Wray's census form was "Scholar"; 20.8% (147) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (17.7%), farm labourer (4.4%), general labourer (4%) and domestic servant (2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 22.8% of all Wrays, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Wray?
The largest religious group among Wrays was Presbyterian, at 46.3%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (36.8%), Roman Catholic (11.3%), Methodist (3.5%) and Baptist (0.8%).
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Wray statistics (1911)
Number: 706
Rank: 1,024
Average Age: 30
Wray in the USA (2020)
Number: 15,139
Rank: 2,347
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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