Blemings family name history and map
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Blemings in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 53 people named Blemings in Ireland; roughly one in every 83,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 31 men to 22 women.
Counties with Blemings in Ireland
The Blemingses were heavily concentrated in Tyrone, home to 69.8% of them (37 people). Next came Down (8), Armagh (7) and Antrim (1).
Blemings average age in 1911
The average Blemings in 1911 was 21.9 years old, 16.4 for men and 29.7 for women; noticeably 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.
Blemings literacy in 1911
Of the Blemingses whose literacy was recorded, 74.5% could both read and write, 2% could read but not write, and 23.5% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 76.2% reading and writing against 73.3% 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.
Blemings common first names
The most common male names were William (3), David, James, Percy and Robert. For women it was Elizabeth (4), followed by Ellen, Anne, Anne Jane and Annie.
Blemings occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Blemings's census form was "Scholar"; 34% (18) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (11.3%), domestic servant (5.7%), farmer (3.8%) and textile worker (3.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15.1% of all Blemingses, followed by domestic service, textiles & clothing and clerical & administration.
What religion is Blemings?
Blemingses were overwhelmingly Anglican, 98.1% of them. The remainder were mostly Plymouth Brethren (1.9%).
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Blemings statistics (1911)
Number: 53
Rank: 5,585
Average Age: 22
Blemings in the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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