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Grills in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 65 people named Grills in Ireland; roughly one in every 68,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 30 men and 35 women.
Counties with Grills in Ireland
Down was Grills country: 47.7% of them (31 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Louth (26) and Antrim (8).
Grills average age in 1911
The average Grills in 1911 was 27.1 years old, 26.6 for men and 27.6 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.
Grills literacy in 1911
Of the Grillses whose literacy was recorded, 86.2% could both read and write, 3.1% could read but not write, and 10.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 91.4% reading and writing against 80% 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.
Grills common first names
The most common male names were John (7), Thomas, William, James and Willie. For women it was Sarah (5), followed by Jane, Annie, Margaret and Mary.
Grills occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Grills's census form was "Scholar"; 23.1% (15) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (20%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (6.2%), domestic servant (3.1%) and clergy / religious (1.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.5% of all Grillses, followed by domestic service, retail & commerce and professional.
What religion is Grills?
Most Grillses, 53.8%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (40%), Moravian (4.6%) and Methodist (1.5%).
Grills statistics (1911)
Number: 65
Rank: 4,937
Average Age: 27
Grills in the USA (2020)
Number: 858
Rank: 29,363
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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