Curtain family name history and map
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Curtain in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 52 people named Curtain in Ireland; roughly one in every 84,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 31 men to 21 women.
Counties with Curtain in Ireland
Limerick was Curtain country: 44.2% of them (23 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Clare (9), Cork (9), Dublin (7) and Kerry (2).
Curtain average age in 1911
The average Curtain in 1911 was 33.2 years old, 30.2 for men and 37.5 for women; noticeably older 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.
Curtain literacy in 1911
Of the Curtains whose literacy was recorded, 70% could both read and write, 4% could read but not write, and 26% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 73.3% reading and writing against 65% 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.
Curtain common first names
The most common male names were John (6), James, Michael, Patrick and David. For women it was Ellen (3), followed by Mary, Nora, Bridget and Margaret.
Curtain occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Curtain's census form was "Scholar"; 19.2% (10) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (17.3%), farmer (11.5%), farm labourer (9.6%) and general labourer (7.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.2% of all Curtains, followed by domestic service, general labourers and clerical & administration.
What religion is Curtain?
Curtains were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 90.4% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (9.6%).
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Curtain statistics (1911)
Number: 52
Rank: 5,653
Average Age: 33
Curtain in the USA (2020)
Number: 339
Rank: 63,550
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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