Earle family name history and map
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Earle in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 243 people named Earle in Ireland; roughly one in every 18,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 124 men and 118 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Earle in Ireland
The Earles were heavily concentrated in Wexford, home to 57.6% of them (140 people). Next came Dublin (26), Carlow (13), Antrim (11) and Tipperary (8).
Earle average age in 1911
The average Earle in 1911 was 31.7 years old, 32.1 for men and 31.3 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.
Earle literacy in 1911
Of the Earles whose literacy was recorded, 84.7% could both read and write, 3% could read but not write, and 11.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 86% reading and writing against 83.5% 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.
Earle common first names
The most common male names were Edward (15), George, John, Thomas and William. For women it was Elizabeth (8), followed by Mary, Mary Anne, Alice and Catherine.
Earle occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Earles was farmer, 20.6% of them (50 people). Next came scholar / student (18.5%), farm labourer (6.2%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.7%) and domestic servant (2.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 28% of all Earles, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and metal & engineering.
What religion is Earle?
Earles were predominantly Anglican (70.4%). The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (27.6%), Presbyterian (1.2%) and Methodist (0.4%).
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Earle statistics (1911)
Number: 243
Rank: 2,217
Average Age: 32
Earle in the USA (2020)
Number: 7,973
Rank: 4,308
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
