Down family name history and map
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Down in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 52 people named Down in Ireland; roughly one in every 84,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 24 men and 27 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties and map with Down in Ireland
The Downs were heavily concentrated in Cork, home to 57.7% of them (30 people). Next came Dublin (13), Antrim (3), Clare (1) and Down (1).
Down average age in 1911
The average Down in 1911 was 22.7 years old, 20.0 for men and 25.1 for women; noticeably 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.
Down literacy in 1911
Of the Downs whose literacy was recorded, 76.5% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 23.5% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 81.5% reading and writing against 70.8% 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.
Down common first names
The most common male names were Frederick John (2), John, William, Alfred and Charles. For women it was Kate (2), followed by Agnes Mary, Anne Sarah, Bertha Mary and Catherine.
Down occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Down's census form was "Scholar"; 19.2% (10) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were clerk / office worker (3.8%), cook (3.8%), domestic servant (3.8%) and farmer (3.8%). Grouped by sector, domestic service accounted for 7.7% of all Downs, followed by agriculture, clerical & administration and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is Down?
Most Downs, 69.2%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (26.9%) and Baptist (1.9%).
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Down statistics (1911)
Number: 52
Rank: 5,653
Average Age: 23
Down in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,258
Rank: 21,219
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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