Whitmore family name history
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Whitmore in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 113 people named Whitmore in Ireland; roughly one in every 39,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 63 women to 50 men.
Counties with Whitmore in Ireland
Wexford was Whitmore country: 45.1% of them (51 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (31), Waterford (12), Armagh (5) and Wicklow (5).
Whitmore average age in 1911
The average Whitmore in 1911 was 27.2 years old, 26.9 for men and 27.5 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.
Whitmore literacy in 1911
Of the Whitmores whose literacy was recorded, 76.4% could both read and write, 0.9% could read but not write, and 22.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 83.3% reading and writing against 68% 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.
Whitmore common first names
The most common male names were William (9), John, James, Patrick and Robert. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Annie, Margaret, Elizabeth and Anne.
Whitmore occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Whitmore's census form was "Scholar"; 19.5% (22) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.8%), farm labourer (5.3%), general labourer (4.4%) and tailor (4.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.2% of all Whitmores, followed by general labourers, textiles & clothing and transport.
What religion is Whitmore?
Most Whitmores, 61.9%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (37.2%).
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Whitmore statistics (1911)
Number: 113
Rank: 3,587
Average Age: 27
Whitmorein the USA (2020)
Number: 14,735
Rank: 2,411
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
