Brownlow family name history
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Brownlow in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 169 people named Brownlow in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 78 men and 91 women.
Counties with Brownlow in Ireland
Antrim was Brownlow country: 27.2% of them (46 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Derry (42), Tipperary (19), Cork (15) and Dublin (14).
Brownlow average age in 1911
The average Brownlow in 1911 was 24.6 years old, 23.7 for men and 25.3 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.
Brownlow literacy in 1911
Of the Brownlows whose literacy was recorded, 76.5% could both read and write, 4.3% could read but not write, and 19.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 79.3% reading and writing against 73.3% of men. 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.
Brownlow common first names
The most common male names were Robert (8), John, Joseph, David and Frederick. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Annie, Elizabeth, Hannah and Maggie.
Brownlow occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Brownlow's census form was "Scholar"; 22.5% (38) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (5.3%), domestic servant (4.7%), farmer (4.7%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.1% of all Brownlows, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Brownlow?
Most Brownlows, 52.7%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (43.8%) and Roman Catholic (1.2%).
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Brownlow statistics (1911)
Number: 169
Rank: 2,797
Average Age: 25
Brownlowin the USA (2020)
Number: 2,203
Rank: 13,269
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
