Ballagh family name history and map
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Ballagh in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 78 people named Ballagh in Ireland; roughly one in every 56,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 44 women to 34 men.
Counties with Ballagh in Ireland
Down was Ballagh country: 38.5% of them (30 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Monaghan (18), Antrim (16), Fermanagh (7) and Galway (7).
Ballagh average age in 1911
The average Ballagh in 1911 was 28.0 years old, 27.5 for men and 28.4 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.
Ballagh literacy in 1911
Of the Ballaghs whose literacy was recorded, 81.6% could both read and write, 3.9% could read but not write, and 14.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 84.4% reading and writing against 79.5% 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.
Ballagh common first names
The most common male names were William (5), John, Thomas, Andrew and James. For women it was Margaret (4), followed by Jane, Violet, Agnes and Alice.
Ballagh occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Ballagh's census form was "Scholar"; 26.9% (21) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.8%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (5.1%), domestic servant (2.6%) and general labourer (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.1% of all Ballaghs, followed by retail & commerce, building & construction and domestic service.
What religion is Ballagh?
Ballaghs were predominantly Presbyterian (89.7%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (10.3%).
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Ballagh statistics (1911)
Number: 78
Rank: 4,470
Average Age: 28
Ballagh in the USA (2020)
Number: 289
Rank: 72,473
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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