Bowie family name history and map
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Bowie in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 53 people named Bowie in Ireland; roughly one in every 83,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 28 men and 25 women.
Counties and map with Bowie in Ireland
Dublin was Bowie country: 49.1% of them (26 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Sligo (10), Down (9), Antrim (5) and Fermanagh (1).
Bowie average age in 1911
The average Bowie in 1911 was 29.2 years old, 28.4 for men and 30.0 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Bowie literacy in 1911
Of the Bowies whose literacy was recorded, 90.7% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 9.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 95.7% reading and writing against 85% 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.
Bowie common first names
The most common male names were James (5), Alexander, Archibald, Donald and William. For women it was Margaret (3), followed by Mary, Amy, Alice and Annie.
Bowie occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bowie's census form was "Scholar"; 15.1% (8) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were metal worker / engineer (7.5%), clerk / office worker (5.7%), farmer (3.8%) and plumber (3.8%). Grouped by sector, metal & engineering accounted for 7.5% of all Bowies, followed by agriculture, building & construction and clerical & administration.
What religion is Bowie?
The largest religious group among Bowies was Presbyterian, at 43.4%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (28.3%), Roman Catholic (9.4%), Non-Conformist (7.5%) and Methodist (1.9%).
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Bowie statistics (1911)
Number: 53
Rank: 5,585
Average Age: 29
Bowie in the USA (2020)
Number: 11,239
Rank: 3,123
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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