Dobbin family name history and map
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Dobbin in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 645 people named Dobbin in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,800 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 318 men and 327 women.
Counties with Dobbin in Ireland
Antrim was Dobbin country: 46% of them (297 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (137), Armagh (60), Dublin (40) and Derry (30).
Dobbin average age in 1911
The average Dobbin in 1911 was 28.1 years old, 26.5 for men and 29.7 for women; a touch younger 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.
Dobbin literacy in 1911
Of the Dobbins whose literacy was recorded, 79.4% could both read and write, 3.9% could read but not write, and 16.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 80.6% reading and writing against 78.1% 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.
Dobbin common first names
The most common male names were James (35), John, William, Thomas and Patrick. For women it was Mary (33), followed by Sarah, Annie, Jane and Elizabeth.
Dobbin occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Dobbin's census form was "Scholar"; 21.6% (139) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (6.2%), textile worker (5.6%), farm labourer (5.4%) and general labourer (4.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.6% of all Dobbins, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Dobbin?
The largest religious group among Dobbins was Presbyterian, at 35.7%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (35.2%), Anglican (22.2%), Unitarian (1.9%) and Methodist (1.4%).
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Dobbin statistics (1911)
Number: 645
Rank: 1,094
Average Age: 28
Dobbinin the USA (2020)
Number: 954
Rank: 26,876
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
