Collopy family name history
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Collopy in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 172 people named Collopy in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 94 men and 78 women.
Counties with Collopy in Ireland
The Collopys were heavily concentrated in Limerick, home to 77.3% of them (133 people). Next came Dublin (13), Waterford (10), Wexford (8) and Cork (4).
Collopy average age in 1911
The average Collopy in 1911 was 27.9 years old, 28.1 for men and 27.8 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.
Collopy literacy in 1911
Of the Collopys whose literacy was recorded, 72.4% could both read and write, 4.7% could read but not write, and 22.9% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 73.9% reading and writing against 70.5% 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.
Collopy common first names
The most common male names were John (22), Michael, Patrick, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (16), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Ellen and Alice.
Collopy occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Collopy's census form was "Scholar"; 20.9% (36) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (11%), farmer (8.1%), domestic servant (3.5%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11% of all Collopys, followed by general labourers, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Collopy?
Collopys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 95.9% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (3.5%).
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Collopy statistics (1911)
172 in Ireland
2,760 most common surname in Ireland
28 average age
Collopyin the USA (2020)
833 in USA (2020)
30,091 rank in USA (2020)
