Bowman family name history and map
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Bowman in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 499 people named Bowman in Ireland; roughly one in every 8,800 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 242 men and 255 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Bowman in Ireland
Down was Bowman country: 33.1% of them (165 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (157), Cork (54), Dublin (38) and Limerick (29).
Bowman average age in 1911
The average Bowman in 1911 was 27.7 years old, 27.1 for men and 28.2 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.
Bowman literacy in 1911
Of the Bowmans whose literacy was recorded, 81% could both read and write, 5.2% could read but not write, and 13.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 84.5% reading and writing against 77.6% 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.
Bowman common first names
The most common male names were John (27), James, Thomas, William and Robert. For women it was Mary (24), followed by Margaret, Sarah, Annie and Jane.
Bowman occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bowman's census form was "Scholar"; 20.4% (102) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (6%), textile worker (5.2%), farmer (4.6%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.6%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 7.8% of all Bowmans, followed by general labourers, agriculture and domestic service.
What religion is Bowman?
The largest religious group among Bowmans was Presbyterian, at 33.5%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (30.7%), Anglican (23%), Methodist (8.8%) and Congregationalist (1.6%).
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Bowman statistics (1911)
Number: 499
Rank: 1,355
Average Age: 28
Bowman in the USA (2020)
Number: 100,205
Rank: 309
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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