O'Donohoe family name history and map
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O'Donohoe in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 275 people named O'Donohoe in Ireland; roughly one in every 16,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 143 men and 130 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with O'Donohoe in Ireland
Dublin was O'Donohoe country: 32.7% of them (90 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Limerick (33), Galway (31), Mayo (22) and Wexford (20).
O'Donohoe average age in 1911
The average O'Donohoe in 1911 was 28.6 years old, 27.7 for men and 29.7 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.
O'Donohoe literacy in 1911
Of the O'Donohoes whose literacy was recorded, 84.3% could both read and write, 2.7% could read but not write, and 13% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
O'Donohoe common first names
The most common male names were John (20), Michael, Patrick, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (21), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Kathleen and Annie.
O'Donohoe occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an O'Donohoe's census form was "Scholar"; 18.2% (50) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (6.9%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (6.2%), clergy / religious (2.9%) and teacher (2.5%). Grouped by sector, retail & commerce accounted for 10.5% of all O'Donohoes, followed by agriculture, professional and domestic service.
What religion is O'Donohoe?
O'Donohoes were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.2% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.4%).
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O'Donohoe statistics (1911)
Number: 275
Rank: 2,041
Average Age: 29
O'Donohoe in the USA (2020)
Number: 163
Rank: 114,090
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.