Tourish family name history and map
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Tourish in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 51 people named Tourish in Ireland; roughly one in every 86,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 24 men and 27 women.
Counties with Tourish in Ireland
The Tourishes were heavily concentrated in Donegal, home to 60.8% of them (31 people). Next came Tyrone (19) and Down (1).
Tourish average age in 1911
The average Tourish in 1911 was 25.2 years old, 26.5 for men and 24.0 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.
Tourish literacy in 1911
Of the Tourishes whose literacy was recorded, 58.8% could both read and write, 5.9% could read but not write, and 35.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 63% reading and writing against 54.2% 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.
Tourish common first names
The most common male names were James (7), William, Thomas, Robert and Charles. For women it was Susan (4), followed by Annie, Maggie, Mary and Bridget.
Tourish occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Tourish's census form was "Scholar"; 19.6% (10) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (13.7%), domestic servant (9.8%), farm labourer (9.8%) and seamstress (7.8%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 13.7% of all Tourishes, followed by agriculture, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Tourish?
Tourishes were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (2%).
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Tourish statistics (1911)
Number: 51
Rank: 5,724
Average Age: 25
Tourish in the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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