Commons family name history and map
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Commons in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 444 people named Commons in Ireland; roughly one in every 9,900 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 237 men and 207 women.
Counties with Commons in Ireland
Mayo was Commons country: 35.1% of them (156 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Meath (57), Galway (55), Sligo (55) and Louth (52).
Commons average age in 1911
The average Commons in 1911 was 31.5 years old, 32.2 for men and 30.7 for women; slightly older 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.
Commons literacy in 1911
Of the Commonses whose literacy was recorded, 78% could both read and write, 4.4% could read but not write, and 17.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 80% reading and writing against 76.1% 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.
Commons common first names
The most common male names were John (39), Michael, Patrick, James and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (45), followed by Bridget, Anne, Annie and Margaret.
Commons occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Commonses was farmer, 27.5% of them (122 people). Next came scholar / student (18.9%), general labourer (6.8%), domestic servant (2.9%) and farm labourer (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 30.6% of all Commonses, followed by general labourers, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Commons?
Commonses were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 97.1% of them.
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Commons statistics (1911)
Number: 444
Rank: 1,463
Average Age: 32
Commonsin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,038
Rank: 25,020
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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