Field family name history and map
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Field in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 550 people named Field in Ireland; roughly one in every 8,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 269 men and 281 women.
Counties with Field in Ireland
Cork was Field country: 33.5% of them (184 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (162), Antrim (73), Kildare (20) and Wicklow (17).
Field average age in 1911
The average Field in 1911 was 29.8 years old, 27.9 for men and 31.5 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.
Field literacy in 1911
Of the Fields whose literacy was recorded, 85.4% could both read and write, 2.6% could read but not write, and 12% 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.
Field common first names
The most common male names were John (31), William, Patrick, James and Michael. For women it was Mary (36), followed by Margaret, Ellen, Elizabeth and Annie.
Field occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Field's census form was "Scholar"; 16.4% (90) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (7.3%), domestic servant (4.2%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.2%) and general labourer (3.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 8.7% of all Fields, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Field?
Most Fields, 66.2%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (22.2%), Presbyterian (6%), Methodist (4.5%) and Baptist (0.2%).
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Field statistics (1911)
Number: 550
Rank: 1,250
Average Age: 30
Fieldin the USA (2020)
Number: 23,423
Rank: 1,486
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
