Ebbs family name history and map
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Ebbs in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 95 people named Ebbs in Ireland; roughly one in every 46,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 43 men and 52 women.
Counties with Ebbs in Ireland
The Ebbses were heavily concentrated in Dublin, home to 66.3% of them (63 people). Next came Antrim (10), Wexford (10), Wicklow (6) and Galway (4).
Ebbs average age in 1911
The average Ebbs in 1911 was 26.3 years old, 22.3 for men and 29.6 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.
Ebbs literacy in 1911
Of the Ebbses whose literacy was recorded, 74.5% could both read and write, 2.1% could read but not write, and 23.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 80.4% 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.
Ebbs common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (5), John, William, Michael and Arthur. For women it was Mary (8), followed by Elizabeth, Anne, Catherine and Margaret.
Ebbs occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Ebbs's census form was "Scholar"; 23.2% (22) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (5.3%), general labourer (4.2%), clerk / office worker (3.2%) and painter / decorator (3.2%). Grouped by sector, building & construction accounted for 6.3% of all Ebbses, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Ebbs?
Most Ebbses, 51.6%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (30.5%), Presbyterian (7.4%), Salvation Army (5.3%) and Unitarian (3.2%).
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Ebbs statistics (1911)
Number: 95
Rank: 3,992
Average Age: 26
Ebbs in the USA (2020)
Number: 669
Rank: 36,053
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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