Foxe family name history and map
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Foxe in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 131 people named Foxe in Ireland; roughly one in every 34,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 71 men to 58 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Foxe in Ireland
Meath had the largest share of Foxes, 19.8% (26 people). Next came Dublin (22), Kildare (12), Mayo (12) and Antrim (10).
Foxe average age in 1911
The average Foxe in 1911 was 27.4 years old, 26.9 for men and 28.3 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.
Foxe literacy in 1911
Of the Foxes whose literacy was recorded, 79.7% could both read and write, 2.3% could read but not write, and 18% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 82.1% reading and writing against 77.1% 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.
Foxe common first names
The most common male names were John (16), Patrick, Michael, James and Martin. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Bridget, Kate, Marianne and Mary Jane.
Foxe occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Foxe's census form was "Scholar"; 32.1% (42) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.2%), general labourer (9.2%), farm labourer (4.6%) and domestic servant (2.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.8% of all Foxes, followed by general labourers, domestic service and public service & defence.
What religion is Foxe?
Foxes were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 90.1% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (6.1%) and Presbyterian (3.1%).
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Foxe statistics (1911)
Number: 131
Rank: 3,267
Average Age: 27
Foxein the USA (2020)
Number: 276
Rank: 75,363
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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