Ash family name history and map
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Ash in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 54 people named Ash in Ireland; roughly one in every 81,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 30 women to 23 men. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Ash in Ireland
Antrim was Ash country: 40.7% of them (22 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (16), Derry (6), Down (3) and Cork (2).
Ash average age in 1911
The average Ash in 1911 was 29.5 years old, 31.0 for men and 28.3 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Ash literacy in 1911
Of the Ashes whose literacy was recorded, 83% could both read and write, 1.9% could read but not write, and 15.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 87% reading and writing against 80% 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.
Ash common first names
The most common male names were John (3), James, Richard, William and Alex. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Agnes K, Maggie, Nellie and Sarah.
Ash occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Ash's census form was "Scholar"; 18.5% (10) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (9.3%), metal worker / engineer (7.4%), general labourer (5.6%) and domestic servant (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.1% of all Ashes, followed by domestic service, metal & engineering and retail & commerce.
What religion is Ash?
The largest religious group among Ashes was Presbyterian, at 42.6%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (33.3%) and Anglican (22.2%).
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Ash statistics (1911)
Number: 54
Rank: 5,519
Average Age: 30
Ash in the USA (2020)
Number: 20,463
Rank: 1,716
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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