Drummy family name history and map
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Drummy in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 121 people named Drummy in Ireland; roughly one in every 36,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 73 women to 48 men.
Counties with Drummy in Ireland
The Drummys were heavily concentrated in Cork, home to 76.9% of them (93 people). Next came Waterford (14), Dublin (6), Sligo (6) and Tipperary (2).
Drummy average age in 1911
The average Drummy in 1911 was 27.6 years old, 32.7 for men and 24.3 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.
Drummy literacy in 1911
Of the Drummys whose literacy was recorded, 67% could both read and write, 6.2% could read but not write, and 26.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 70.5% reading and writing against 64.7% 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.
Drummy common first names
The most common male names were John (9), Patrick, Michael, William and James. For women it was Ellen (12), followed by Mary, Margaret, Anne and Bridget.
Drummy occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Drummy's census form was "Scholar"; 23.1% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (8.3%), domestic servant (5.8%), farmer (5.8%) and textile worker (4.1%). Grouped by sector, domestic service accounted for 10.7% of all Drummys, followed by general labourers, agriculture and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Drummy?
Drummys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.3% of them.
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Drummy statistics (1911)
Number: 121
Rank: 3,440
Average Age: 28
Drummyin the USA (2020)
Number: 198
Rank: 98,131
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
