Farrington family name history and map
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Farrington in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 276 people named Farrington in Ireland; roughly one in every 16,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 136 men and 139 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Farrington in Ireland
Dublin was Farrington country: 39.5% of them (109 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Wicklow (77), Kildare (24), Galway (14) and Cork (11).
Farrington average age in 1911
The average Farrington in 1911 was 28.5 years old, 28.1 for men and 28.9 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.
Farrington literacy in 1911
Of the Farringtons whose literacy was recorded, 73.4% could both read and write, 4.4% could read but not write, and 21.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 75.5% reading and writing against 71.2% 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.
Farrington common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (20), John, Michael, Thomas and James; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (18), followed by Elizabeth, Margaret, Ellen and Christina.
Farrington occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Farrington's census form was "Scholar"; 21.7% (60) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.4%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.9%), general labourer (2.5%) and other maker / factory worker (1.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.6% of all Farringtons, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Farrington?
Farringtons were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 92.4% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (3.3%), Congregationalist (2.5%), Presbyterian (0.7%) and Methodist (0.4%).
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Farrington statistics (1911)
Number: 276
Rank: 2,036
Average Age: 29
Farringtonin the USA (2020)
Number: 8,547
Rank: 4,030
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
