Comber family name history
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Comber in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 161 people named Comber in Ireland; roughly one in every 27,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 92 men to 69 women.
Counties with Comber in Ireland
Galway was Comber country: 36.6% of them (59 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Mayo (44), Limerick (14), Dublin (9) and Roscommon (9).
Comber average age in 1911
The average Comber in 1911 was 33.4 years old, 31.0 for men and 36.7 for women; noticeably older 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.
Comber literacy in 1911
Of the Combers whose literacy was recorded, 63.7% could both read and write, 8.9% could read but not write, and 27.4% 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.
Comber common first names
The most common male names were Michael (13), Patrick, John, Thomas and James; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Bridget (12), followed by Mary, Annie, Catherine and Delia.
Comber occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Combers was farmer, 16.8% of them (27 people). Next came scholar / student (16.8%), general labourer (6.8%), farm labourer (6.2%) and no occupation / dependent (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 23.6% of all Combers, followed by general labourers, no occupation / dependent and retail & commerce.
What religion is Comber?
Combers were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 96.9% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (3.1%).
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Comber statistics (1911)
Number: 161
Rank: 2,872
Average Age: 33
Comberin the USA (2020)
Number: 496
Rank: 46,335
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
