Belford family name history and map
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Belford in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 102 people named Belford in Ireland; roughly one in every 43,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 49 men and 53 women.
Counties with Belford in Ireland
Kildare was Belford country: 28.4% of them (29 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (15), Armagh (12), Dublin (9) and Cavan (8).
Belford average age in 1911
The average Belford in 1911 was 28.6 years old, 25.8 for men and 31.3 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.
Belford literacy in 1911
Of the Belfords whose literacy was recorded, 85.4% could both read and write, 6.2% could read but not write, and 8.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 86.7% reading and writing against 84.3% 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.
Belford common first names
The most common male names were James (7), John, William, Robert and Joseph. For women it was Annie (4), followed by Bridget, Ellen, Mary and Brigid.
Belford occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Belford's census form was "Scholar"; 22.5% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.7%), clerk / office worker (6.9%), general labourer (2.9%) and mason / bricklayer (2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.7% of all Belfords, followed by clerical & administration, building & construction and domestic service.
What religion is Belford?
Most Belfords, 51%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (48%) and Presbyterian (1%).
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Belford statistics (1911)
Number: 102
Rank: 3,808
Average Age: 29
Belford in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,357
Rank: 12,551
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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