Cobbe family name history
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Cobbe in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 123 people named Cobbe in Ireland; roughly one in every 36,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 59 men and 63 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Cobbe in Ireland
Dublin was Cobbe country: 34.1% of them (42 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Offaly (40), Laois (28), Down (4) and Waterford (3).
Cobbe average age in 1911
The average Cobbe in 1911 was 32.9 years old, 33.8 for men and 32.1 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.
Cobbe literacy in 1911
Of the Cobbes whose literacy was recorded, 91% could both read and write, 1.6% could read but not write, and 7.4% 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.
Cobbe common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (6), Charles, James, Thomas and Henry. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Alice, Elizabeth, Jane and Lucy.
Cobbe occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Cobbe's census form was "Scholar"; 21.1% (26) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.6%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (5.7%), carpenter / joiner (4.9%) and clerk / office worker (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.8% of all Cobbes, followed by retail & commerce, building & construction and clerical & administration.
What religion is Cobbe?
Most Cobbes, 65.9%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (22.8%), Methodist (6.5%) and Presbyterian (4.1%).
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Cobbe statistics (1911)
Number: 123
Rank: 3,397
Average Age: 33
Cobbein the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
