Adam family name history and map
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Adam in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 88 people named Adam in Ireland; roughly one in every 50,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 46 men and 40 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Adam in Ireland
Dublin was Adam country: 33% of them (29 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (28), Cork (14), Antrim (4) and Armagh (4).
Adam average age in 1911
The average Adam in 1911 was 27.6 years old, 25.5 for men and 30.1 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.
Adam literacy in 1911
Of the Adams whose literacy was recorded, 91.7% could both read and write, 3.6% could read but not write, and 4.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 93.2% reading and writing against 89.7% 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.
Adam common first names
The most common male names were James (5), John, Thomas, Robert and William. For women it was Agnes (4), followed by Elizabeth, Margaret, Helen and Amy.
Adam occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Adam's census form was "Scholar"; 25% (22) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were metal worker / engineer (9.1%), other professional (3.4%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.4%) and tailor (3.4%). Grouped by sector, metal & engineering accounted for 9.1% of all Adams, followed by textiles & clothing, professional and domestic service.
What religion is Adam?
Most Adams, 63.6%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (11.4%), Baptist (10.2%), Roman Catholic (6.8%) and Congregationalist (4.5%).
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Adam statistics (1911)
Number: 88
Rank: 4,179
Average Age: 28
Adam in the USA (2020)
Number: 15,473
Rank: 2,298
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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