Doole family name history and map
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Doole in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 91 people named Doole in Ireland; roughly one in every 48,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 48 men and 43 women.
Counties with Doole in Ireland
The Dooles were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 61.5% of them (56 people). Next came Derry (26), Down (6), Armagh (1) and Dublin (1).
Doole average age in 1911
The average Doole in 1911 was 30.2 years old, 31.7 for men and 28.4 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.
Doole literacy in 1911
Of the Dooles whose literacy was recorded, 68.5% could both read and write, 18% could read but not write, and 13.5% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 69.8% reading and writing against 67.4% 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.
Doole common first names
The most common male names were John (10), James, Thomas, William and David. For women it was Maggie (4), followed by Matilda, Minnie, Agnes and Elizabeth.
Doole occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Doole's census form was "Scholar"; 17.6% (16) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (15.4%), farm labourer (13.2%), farmer (8.8%) and seamstress (6.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 22% of all Dooles, followed by general labourers, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Doole?
Most Dooles, 60.4%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (22%), Roman Catholic (16.5%) and Baptist (1.1%).
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Doole statistics (1911)
Number: 91
Rank: 4,098
Average Age: 30
Doole in the USA (2020)
Number: 148
Rank: 122,574
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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