Cosby family name history and map
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Cosby in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 75 people named Cosby in Ireland; roughly one in every 59,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 45 women to 30 men.
Counties and map with Cosby in Ireland
Antrim was Cosby country: 42.7% of them (32 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (18), Tyrone (10), Dublin (8) and Laois (7).
Cosby average age in 1911
The average Cosby in 1911 was 31.4 years old, 28.8 for men and 33.1 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.
Cosby literacy in 1911
Of the Cosbys whose literacy was recorded, 80.3% could both read and write, 8.5% could read but not write, and 11.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 83.3% reading and writing against 75.9% 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.
Cosby common first names
The most common male names were Robert (5), James, Thomas, John and Alex Cooper. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Sarah, Elizabeth, Agnes and Catherine Alice.
Cosby occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Cosby's census form was "Scholar"; 18.7% (14) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (16%), general labourer (9.3%), metal worker / engineer (5.3%) and no occupation / dependent (4%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 17.3% of all Cosbys, followed by general labourers, metal & engineering and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is Cosby?
Most Cosbys, 65.3%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (20%) and Roman Catholic (13.3%).
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Cosby statistics (1911)
Number: 75
Rank: 4,572
Average Age: 31
Cosby in the USA (2020)
Number: 10,111
Rank: 3,449
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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