Carpenter family name history and map
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Carpenter in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 460 people named Carpenter in Ireland; roughly one in every 9,500 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 232 men and 227 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Carpenter in Ireland
Dublin was Carpenter country: 29.3% of them (135 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Meath (99), Down (39), Carlow (37) and Louth (23).
Carpenter average age in 1911
The average Carpenter in 1911 was 30.1 years old, 29.6 for men and 30.6 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.
Carpenter literacy in 1911
Of the Carpenters whose literacy was recorded, 87.2% could both read and write, 3.7% could read but not write, and 9.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 88.6% reading and writing against 85.7% 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.
Carpenter common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (32), James, John, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (26), followed by Bridget, Annie, Margaret and Catherine.
Carpenter occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Carpenter's census form was "Scholar"; 21.5% (99) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.9%), farm labourer (5.4%), domestic servant (3.9%) and general labourer (3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.4% of all Carpenters, followed by domestic service, textiles & clothing and general labourers.
What religion is Carpenter?
Carpenters were predominantly Roman Catholic (79.8%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (17.8%), Congregationalist (0.2%), Non-Conformist (0.2%) and Protestant (0.2%).
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Carpenter statistics (1911)
Number: 460
Rank: 1,426
Average Age: 30
Carpenter in the USA (2020)
Number: 124,364
Rank: 247
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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