Freeburn family name history and map
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Freeburn in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 198 people named Freeburn in Ireland; roughly one in every 22,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 91 men and 106 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Freeburn in Ireland
Armagh was Freeburn country: 49.5% of them (98 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (37), Tyrone (28), Donegal (16) and Down (11).
Freeburn average age in 1911
The average Freeburn in 1911 was 26.8 years old, 25.1 for men and 28.3 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.
Freeburn literacy in 1911
Of the Freeburns whose literacy was recorded, 67.4% could both read and write, 6% could read but not write, and 26.6% 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.
Freeburn common first names
The most common male names were John (15), Thomas, James, William and George. For women it was Mary (11), followed by Annie, Mary Jane, Sarah and Sarah Jane.
Freeburn occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Freeburn's census form was "Scholar"; 17.7% (35) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (15.7%), farm labourer (6.6%), farmer (6.6%) and general labourer (5.1%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 17.2% of all Freeburns, followed by agriculture, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Freeburn?
Most Freeburns, 64.6%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (18.2%), Methodist (10.1%), Roman Catholic (5.1%) and Baptist (1%).
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Freeburn statistics (1911)
Number: 198
Rank: 2,528
Average Age: 27
Freeburn in the USA (2020)
Number: 379
Rank: 57,938
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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