Bull family name history and map
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Bull in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 60 people named Bull in Ireland; roughly one in every 73,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 31 men and 28 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Bull in Ireland
Dublin was Bull country: 35% of them (21 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Longford (8), Cork (6), Laois (5) and Mayo (4).
Bull average age in 1911
The average Bull in 1911 was 29.8 years old, 27.2 for men and 32.7 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.
Bull literacy in 1911
Of the Bulls whose literacy was recorded, 87.3% could both read and write, 3.6% could read but not write, and 7.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 91.7% reading and writing against 86.7% 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.
Bull common first names
The most common male names were William (4), John, Richard, A and A J. For women it was Margaret (3), followed by Annie, Mary, Rosina and Alice Mary.
Bull occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bull's census form was "Scholar"; 23.3% (14) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (6.7%), domestic servant (5%), farm labourer (3.3%) and general labourer (3.3%). Grouped by sector, domestic service accounted for 8.3% of all Bulls, followed by agriculture, retail & commerce and general labourers.
What religion is Bull?
Most Bulls, 65%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (25%), Presbyterian (5%), Methodist (3.3%) and Congregationalist (1.7%).
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Bull statistics (1911)
Number: 60
Rank: 5,177
Average Age: 30
Bull in the USA (2020)
Number: 11,036
Rank: 3,193
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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