Abbey family name history and map
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Abbey in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 82 people named Abbey in Ireland; roughly one in every 54,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 40 men and 41 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Abbey in Ireland
The Abbeys were heavily concentrated in Dublin, home to 51.2% of them (42 people). Next came Carlow (28), Wicklow (11) and Cork (1).
Abbey average age in 1911
The average Abbey in 1911 was 24.2 years old, 24.8 for men and 23.7 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.
Abbey literacy in 1911
Of the Abbeys whose literacy was recorded, 76.6% could both read and write, 2.6% could read but not write, and 20.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 81.6% reading and writing against 71.1% 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.
Abbey common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (9), Thomas, John, James and Michael; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Eliza, Ellen, Julia and Margaret.
Abbey occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Abbey's census form was "Scholar"; 15.9% (13) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (12.2%), farm labourer (7.3%), domestic servant (2.4%) and dressmaker / milliner (2.4%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 12.2% of all Abbeys, followed by agriculture, transport and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Abbey?
Abbeys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 91.5% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (6.1%).
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Abbey statistics (1911)
Number: 82
Rank: 4,352
Average Age: 24
Abbey in the USA (2020)
Number: 5,055
Rank: 6,462
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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