O' Connors family name history and map
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O' Connors in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 125 people named O' Connors in Ireland; roughly one in every 35,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 67 men and 58 women.
Counties with O' Connors in Ireland
Cork was O' Connors country: 31.2% of them (39 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Limerick (30), Clare (24), Kilkenny (10) and Wexford (10).
O' Connors average age in 1911
The average O' Connors in 1911 was 29.7 years old, 30.6 for men and 28.6 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.
O' Connors literacy in 1911
Of the O' Connorses whose literacy was recorded, 65.6% could both read and write, 4.8% could read but not write, and 29.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 70.1% reading and writing against 60.3% 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.
O' Connors common first names
The most common male names were John (13), Patrick, William, James and Michael. For women it was Mary (13), followed by Margaret, Catherine, Kate and Ellen.
O' Connors occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an O' Connors's census form was "Scholar"; 17.6% (22) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (10.4%), general labourer (10.4%), farmer (5.6%) and domestic servant (4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.8% of all O' Connorses, followed by general labourers, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is O' Connors?
O' Connorses were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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O' Connors statistics (1911)
Number: 125
Rank: 3,368
Average Age: 30
O' Connorsin the USA (2020)
Number: 156
Rank: 117,879
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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