F French family name history and map
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F French in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 96 people named F French in Ireland; roughly one in every 46,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 47 men and 48 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with F French in Ireland
Wexford was F French country: 28.1% of them (27 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Galway (26), Dublin (18), Carlow (8) and Mayo (5).
F French average age in 1911
The average F French in 1911 was 30.9 years old, 31.4 for men and 30.4 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.
F French literacy in 1911
Of the F Frenches whose literacy was recorded, 91.5% could both read and write, 2.1% could read but not write, and 6.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 95.7% reading and writing against 87.2% 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.
F French common first names
The most common male names were John (7), Thomas, James, Nicholas and Patrick. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Margaret, Alice, Alicia and Allice.
F French occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a F French's census form was "Scholar"; 22.9% (22) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.5%), blacksmith / smith (5.2%), no occupation / dependent (5.2%) and general labourer (4.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.6% of all F Frenches, followed by metal & engineering, no occupation / dependent and general labourers.
What religion is F French?
F Frenches were predominantly Roman Catholic (85.4%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (13.5%) and Baptist (1%).
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F French statistics (1911)
Number: 96
Rank: 3,961
Average Age: 31
F French in the USA (2020)
Number: 401
Rank: 55,282
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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