Bass family name history and map
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Bass in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 89 people named Bass in Ireland; roughly one in every 49,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 46 men and 42 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Bass in Ireland
Wexford was Bass country: 27% of them (24 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (21), Wicklow (11), Antrim (9) and Down (7).
Bass average age in 1911
The average Bass in 1911 was 31.0 years old, 29.6 for men and 32.5 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.
Bass literacy in 1911
Of the Basses whose literacy was recorded, 81.8% could both read and write, 2.3% could read but not write, and 15.9% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 83.3% reading and writing against 80.4% 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.
Bass common first names
The most common male names were John (8), Thomas, Joseph, William and Aden. For women it was Margaret (3), followed by Annie, Eliza, Frances and Mary.
Bass occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bass's census form was "Scholar"; 23.6% (21) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (10.1%), farmer (5.6%), clerk / office worker (4.5%) and farm labourer (3.4%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 10.1% of all Basses, followed by agriculture, clerical & administration and domestic service.
What religion is Bass?
Most Basses, 50.6%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (22.5%), Quaker (21.3%), Jewish (2.2%) and Methodist (1.1%).
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Bass statistics (1911)
Number: 89
Rank: 4,150
Average Age: 31
Bass in the USA (2020)
Number: 54,502
Rank: 601
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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