Ashfield family name history and map

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Ashfield in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded just 41 people named Ashfield in Ireland: 21 men and 20 women.

Counties with Ashfield in Ireland

Most Ashfields were found in Tyrone (26), with smaller numbers in Antrim (14) and Louth (1).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

Ashfield average age in 1911

The average Ashfield in 1911 was 18.9 years old, though with only 41 people recorded, averages like this should be taken loosely.

Ashfield literacy in 1911

Of the Ashfields whose literacy was recorded, 77.5% could both read and write, 2.5% could read but not write, and 20% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 85% reading and writing against 70% of women.

Ashfield common first names

Among the Ashfields were men named Andrew (3), Hugh (3), Robert (2), Earnest and George and women named Elizabeth (2), Lydia (2), Maggie (2), Agnes Swan and Anna Maggie.

Ashfield occupations in 1911

The most common entry on an Ashfield's census form was "Scholar"; 31.7% (13) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were carpenter / joiner (9.8%), general labourer (7.3%), farm labourer (4.9%) and farmer (4.9%).

What religion is Ashfield?

Most Ashfields, 53.7%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (43.9%) and Roman Catholic (2.4%).

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Ashfield statistics (1911)

Number: 41
Rank: 6,436
Average Age: 19

Ashfieldin the USA (2020)

Number: 269
Rank: 76,963

Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero. 

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