Diver family name history and map
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Diver in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 712 people named Diver in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,200 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 362 men and 350 women.
Counties with Diver in Ireland
The Divers were heavily concentrated in Donegal, home to 85.7% of them (610 people). Next came Derry (34), Tyrone (32), Down (14) and Fermanagh (7).
Diver average age in 1911
The average Diver in 1911 was 32.5 years old, 31.1 for men and 33.9 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.
Diver literacy in 1911
Of the Divers whose literacy was recorded, 67.7% could both read and write, 5.4% could read but not write, and 26.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 70.5% reading and writing against 64.9% 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.
Diver common first names
The most common male names were John (44), James, Patrick, Edward and Charles. For women it was Mary (57), followed by Bridget, Annie, Catherine and Ellen.
Diver occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Divers was farmer, 20.6% of them (147 people). Next came scholar / student (19.5%), farm labourer (5.5%), general labourer (2.9%) and domestic servant (2.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 26.1% of all Divers, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Diver?
Divers were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 91.7% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (5.9%) and Presbyterian (2.4%).
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Diver statistics (1911)
Number: 712
Rank: 1,016
Average Age: 33
Diverin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,398
Rank: 19,362
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
