Kilmurray family name history and map
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Kilmurray in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 154 people named Kilmurray in Ireland; roughly one in every 29,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 80 men and 73 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Kilmurray in Ireland
Westmeath was Kilmurray country: 36.4% of them (56 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (31), Offaly (31), Longford (23) and Roscommon (10).
Kilmurray average age in 1911
The average Kilmurray in 1911 was 32.8 years old, 33.4 for men and 32.0 for women; slightly 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.
Kilmurray literacy in 1911
Of the Kilmurrays whose literacy was recorded, 75% could both read and write, 3.9% could read but not write, and 21.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 77.2% reading and writing against 72.6% 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.
Kilmurray common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (12), James, Michael, John and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (14), followed by Anne, Kate, Annie and Bridget.
Kilmurray occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Kilmurray's census form was "Scholar"; 16.2% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.3%), farm labourer (6.5%), textile worker (4.5%) and general labourer (3.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 22.1% of all Kilmurrays, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Kilmurray?
Kilmurrays were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.4% of them.
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Kilmurray statistics (1911)
Number: 154
Rank: 2,955
Average Age: 33
Kilmurrayin the USA (2020)
Number: 190
Rank: 101,282
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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