Thornhill family name history
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Thornhill in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 135 people named Thornhill in Ireland; roughly one in every 33,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 65 men and 69 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Thornhill in Ireland
The Thornhills were heavily concentrated in Cork, home to 56.3% of them (76 people). Next came Limerick (24), Dublin (14), Kerry (6) and Louth (5).
Thornhill average age in 1911
The average Thornhill in 1911 was 29.5 years old, 29.8 for men and 29.2 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Thornhill literacy in 1911
Of the Thornhills whose literacy was recorded, 90.9% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 9.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 94% reading and writing against 87.5% 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.
Thornhill common first names
The most common male names were John (11), Patrick, William, Richard and Michael. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Margaret, Elizabeth, Ellen and Annie.
Thornhill occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Thornhill's census form was "Scholar"; 18.5% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (6.7%), general labourer (4.4%), tailor (4.4%) and other professional (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 8.1% of all Thornhills, followed by textiles & clothing, professional and retail & commerce.
What religion is Thornhill?
Thornhills were predominantly Roman Catholic (80.7%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (19.3%).
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Thornhill statistics (1911)
Number: 135
Rank: 3,198
Average Age: 30
Thornhillin the USA (2020)
Number: 6,835
Rank: 4,978
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
