Kilgarriff family name history and map
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Kilgarriff in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 101 people named Kilgarriff in Ireland; roughly one in every 43,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 53 men and 48 women.
Counties with Kilgarriff in Ireland
Galway was Kilgarriff country: 45.5% of them (46 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Roscommon (38), Mayo (9) and Sligo (8).
Kilgarriff average age in 1911
The average Kilgarriff in 1911 was 35.5 years old, 29.4 for men and 42.1 for women; noticeably 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.
Kilgarriff literacy in 1911
Of the Kilgarriffs whose literacy was recorded, 70.1% could both read and write, 4.1% could read but not write, and 25.8% 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.
Kilgarriff common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (9), Michael, James, John and William. For women it was Mary (10), followed by Bridget, Katie, Annie and Ellen.
Kilgarriff occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Kilgarriffs was farmer, 28.7% of them (29 people). Next came scholar / student (13.9%), general labourer (4%), blacksmith / smith (1%) and carpenter / joiner (1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 30.7% of all Kilgarriffs, followed by general labourers, textiles & clothing and building & construction.
What religion is Kilgarriff?
Kilgarriffs were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 97% of them.
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Kilgarriff statistics (1911)
Number: 101
Rank: 3,839
Average Age: 36
Kilgarriff in the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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