Cush family name history
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Cush in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 171 people named Cush in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 82 men and 89 women.
Counties with Cush in Ireland
Tyrone was Cush country: 27.5% of them (47 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (46), Armagh (19), Wexford (18) and Down (15).
Cush average age in 1911
The average Cush in 1911 was 28.5 years old, 28.3 for men and 28.8 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.
Cush literacy in 1911
Of the Cushes whose literacy was recorded, 73.8% could both read and write, 3% could read but not write, and 21.4% 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.
Cush common first names
The most common male names were James (12), Edward, John, Michael and William. For women it was Mary (10), followed by Bridget, Annie, Maggie and Jane.
Cush occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Cush's census form was "Scholar"; 19.3% (33) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.5%), textile worker (8.2%), domestic servant (5.8%) and farm labourer (4.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15.2% of all Cushes, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Cush?
Cushes were predominantly Roman Catholic (76.6%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (16.4%) and Presbyterian (7%).
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Cush statistics (1911)
171 in Ireland
2,776 most common surname in Ireland
29 average age
Cushin the USA (2020)
737 in USA (2020)
33,302 rank in USA (2020)
