ORme family name history and map
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ORme in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 70 people named ORme in Ireland; roughly one in every 63,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 35 men and 35 women.
Counties with ORme in Ireland
Mayo was ORme country: 44.3% of them (31 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (12), Down (11), Dublin (6) and Sligo (5).
ORme average age in 1911
The average ORme in 1911 was 26.4 years old, 26.8 for men and 26.1 for women; noticeably 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.
ORme literacy in 1911
Of the ORmes whose literacy was recorded, 80.6% could both read and write, 1.5% could read but not write, and 17.9% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 87.5% reading and writing against 74.3% 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.
ORme common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (5), William, John, James and Michael. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Ellen, Isabella, Sidney and Agnes.
ORme occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an ORme's census form was "Scholar"; 21.4% (15) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.3%), other maker / factory worker (4.3%), barber / hairdresser (2.9%) and farm labourer (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.1% of all ORmes, followed by textiles & clothing, manufacturing & trades and retail & commerce.
What religion is ORme?
Most ORmes, 57.1%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Methodist (17.1%), Presbyterian (15.7%) and Anglican (10%).
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ORme statistics (1911)
Number: 70
Rank: 4,760
Average Age: 26
ORme in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,573
Rank: 11,664
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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