Bloomfield family name history
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Bloomfield in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 119 people named Bloomfield in Ireland; roughly one in every 37,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 55 men and 62 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Bloomfield in Ireland
Derry was Bloomfield country: 40.3% of them (48 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (22), Down (13), Fermanagh (13) and Kilkenny (5).
Bloomfield average age in 1911
The average Bloomfield in 1911 was 26.3 years old, 25.2 for men and 27.3 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.
Bloomfield literacy in 1911
Of the Bloomfields whose literacy was recorded, 87% could both read and write, 0.9% could read but not write, and 12.2% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Bloomfield common first names
The most common male names were James (5), Robert, John, Richard and William. For women it was Annie (6), followed by Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary and Cassie.
Bloomfield occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bloomfield's census form was "Scholar"; 33.6% (40) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.1%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.2%), no occupation / dependent (2.5%) and barber / hairdresser (1.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.1% of all Bloomfields, followed by retail & commerce, building & construction and domestic service.
What religion is Bloomfield?
The largest religious group among Bloomfields was Anglican, at 47.9%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (21%), Presbyterian (20.2%), Baptist (4.2%) and Plymouth Brethren (3.4%).
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Bloomfield statistics (1911)
119 in Ireland
3,468 most common surname in Ireland
26 average age
Bloomfieldin the USA (2020)
5,910 in USA (2020)
5,656 rank in USA (2020)
