Abraham family name history and map
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Abraham in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 361 people named Abraham in Ireland; roughly one in every 12,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 179 men and 181 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Abraham in Ireland
Armagh had the largest share of Abrahams, 22.7% (82 people). Next came Fermanagh (42), Antrim (41), Down (26) and Donegal (22).
Abraham average age in 1911
The average Abraham in 1911 was 33.4 years old, 31.6 for men and 35.1 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.
Abraham literacy in 1911
Of the Abrahams whose literacy was recorded, 81.6% could both read and write, 4.2% could read but not write, and 14.2% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Abraham common first names
The most common male names were John (15), Robert, William, James and Thomas. For women it was Mary (15), followed by Sarah, Annie, Elizabeth and Catherine.
Abraham occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Abrahams was farmer, 19.9% of them (72 people). Next came scholar / student (18%), general labourer (5.8%), seamstress (3%) and textile worker (2.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.6% of all Abrahams, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Abraham?
Most Abrahams, 52.9%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (24.1%), Methodist (13.3%), Presbyterian (6.6%) and Jewish (0.6%).
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Abraham statistics (1911)
Number: 361
Rank: 1,696
Average Age: 33
Abrahamin the USA (2020)
Number: 33,875
Rank: 1,011
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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