Drummond family name history and map
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Drummond in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 363 people named Drummond in Ireland; roughly one in every 12,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 172 men and 191 women.
Counties with Drummond in Ireland
Antrim was Drummond country: 49.9% of them (181 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tyrone (36), Down (31), Dublin (27) and Armagh (18).
Drummond average age in 1911
The average Drummond in 1911 was 26.3 years old, 25.1 for men and 27.4 for women; noticeably 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.
Drummond literacy in 1911
Of the Drummonds whose literacy was recorded, 77.7% could both read and write, 4.2% could read but not write, and 17.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 81.3% reading and writing against 74.5% 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.
Drummond common first names
The most common male names were John (24), William, James, Patrick and Samuel. For women it was Mary (17), followed by Elizabeth, Margaret, Agnes and Maggie.
Drummond occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Drummond's census form was "Scholar"; 20.1% (73) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (5%), general labourer (4.4%), textile worker (3.3%) and other maker / factory worker (3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 7.7% of all Drummonds, followed by general labourers, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Drummond?
The largest religious group among Drummonds was Presbyterian, at 37.7%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (33.9%), Anglican (21.2%), Unitarian (2.2%) and Baptist (1.1%).
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Drummond statistics (1911)
Number: 363
Rank: 1,685
Average Age: 26
Drummond in the USA (2020)
Number: 17,285
Rank: 2,042
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.