Falls family name history and map
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Falls in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 184 people named Falls in Ireland; roughly one in every 24,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 101 women to 82 men. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties and map with Falls in Ireland
Tyrone was Falls country: 32.6% of them (60 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (44), Monaghan (20), Fermanagh (16) and Dublin (13).
Falls average age in 1911
The average Falls in 1911 was 30.1 years old, 31.8 for men and 28.7 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.
Falls literacy in 1911
Of the Fallses whose literacy was recorded, 79.8% could both read and write, 2.8% could read but not write, and 17.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 81% reading and writing against 78.8% 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.
Falls common first names
The most common male names were James (8), John, Thomas, David and Patrick. For women it was Mary (8), followed by Annie, Maggie, Margaret and Elizabeth.
Falls occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Fallses was farmer, 17.4% of them (32 people). Next came scholar / student (16.3%), textile worker (8.7%), no occupation / dependent (3.8%) and farm labourer (3.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.7% of all Fallses, followed by textiles & clothing, no occupation / dependent and retail & commerce.
What religion is Falls?
The largest religious group among Fallses was Anglican, at 41.8%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (40.8%), Presbyterian (13.6%) and Methodist (3.8%).
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Falls statistics (1911)
Number: 184
Rank: 2,642
Average Age: 30
Falls in the USA (2020)
Number: 7,372
Rank: 4,666
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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