Boulger family name history
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Boulger in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 105 people named Boulger in Ireland; roughly one in every 42,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 49 men and 56 women.
Counties with Boulger in Ireland
Dublin was Boulger country: 44.8% of them (47 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Carlow (19), Kildare (15), Sligo (5) and Wicklow (5).
Boulger average age in 1911
The average Boulger in 1911 was 29.5 years old, 31.3 for men and 27.9 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.
Boulger literacy in 1911
Of the Boulgers whose literacy was recorded, 76.7% could both read and write, 3.9% could read but not write, and 19.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 78.2% reading and writing against 75% 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.
Boulger common first names
The most common male names were John (7), Patrick, James, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (8), followed by Anne, Dorothea, Eliza and Elizabeth.
Boulger occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Boulger's census form was "Scholar"; 24.8% (26) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (5.7%), farmer (3.8%), domestic servant (2.9%) and farm labourer (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 9.5% of all Boulgers, followed by general labourers, domestic service and public service & defence.
What religion is Boulger?
Boulgers were predominantly Roman Catholic (83.8%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (14.3%) and Presbyterian (1.9%).
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Boulger statistics (1911)
Number: 105
Rank: 3,735
Average Age: 30
Boulgerin the USA (2020)
Number: 251
Rank: 81,311
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
