Biggs family name history and map
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Biggs in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 99 people named Biggs in Ireland; roughly one in every 44,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 46 men and 53 women.
Counties with Biggs in Ireland
Dublin was Biggs country: 34.3% of them (34 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (20), Galway (12), Down (8) and Antrim (7).
Biggs average age in 1911
The average Biggs in 1911 was 28.2 years old, 27.3 for men and 28.9 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.
Biggs literacy in 1911
Of the Biggses whose literacy was recorded, 81.4% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 18.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 86.8% reading and writing against 75% of men. 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.
Biggs common first names
The most common male names were Henry (4), Michael, Thomas, William and Edward. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Bridget, Angela, Annie and Elizabeth.
Biggs occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Biggs's census form was "Scholar"; 26.3% (26) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (7.1%), farmer (5.1%), metal worker / engineer (4%) and no occupation / dependent (4%). Grouped by sector, professional accounted for 8.1% of all Biggses, followed by agriculture, retail & commerce and public service & defence.
What religion is Biggs?
The largest religious group among Biggses was Anglican, at 48.5%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (44.4%), Presbyterian (6.1%) and Methodist (1%).
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Biggs statistics (1911)
Number: 99
Rank: 3,878
Average Age: 28
Biggsin the USA (2020)
Number: 22,057
Rank: 1,588
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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