Ervin family name history and map
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Ervin in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 70 people named Ervin in Ireland; roughly one in every 63,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 41 women to 29 men.
Counties with Ervin in Ireland
Antrim was Ervin country: 44.3% of them (31 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (22), Wexford (8), Cork (4) and Kerry (2).
Ervin average age in 1911
The average Ervin in 1911 was 28.3 years old, 28.6 for men and 28.0 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.
Ervin literacy in 1911
Of the Ervins whose literacy was recorded, 82.6% could both read and write, 4.3% could read but not write, and 13% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Ervin common first names
The most common male names were Robert (3), Thomas, John, Patrick and Samuel James. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Margaret, Maria, Amelia and Anna Matildia.
Ervin occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Ervin's census form was "Scholar"; 17.1% (12) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.9%), domestic servant (10%), textile worker (8.6%) and general labourer (7.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.3% of all Ervins, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Ervin?
Ervins were predominantly Presbyterian (70%). The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (24.3%) and Anglican (5.7%).
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Ervin statistics (1911)
Number: 70
Rank: 4,760
Average Age: 28
Ervin in the USA (2020)
Number: 24,250
Rank: 1,430
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.