Fields family name history and map
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Fields in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 261 people named Fields in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 135 men and 126 women.
Counties with Fields in Ireland
Dublin was Fields country: 31.8% of them (83 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (39), Tyrone (27), Derry (20) and Wicklow (18).
Fields average age in 1911
The average Fields in 1911 was 29.0 years old, 26.4 for men and 31.8 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.
Fields literacy in 1911
Of the Fieldses whose literacy was recorded, 79% could both read and write, 4.4% could read but not write, and 16.7% 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.
Fields common first names
The most common male names were John (21), James, Patrick, Michael and William. For women it was Mary (19), followed by Elizabeth, Jane, Maggie and Catherine.
Fields occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Fields's census form was "Scholar"; 18.4% (48) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10%), general labourer (9.2%), farm labourer (4.2%) and domestic servant (3.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.2% of all Fieldses, followed by general labourers, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Fields?
Fieldses were predominantly Roman Catholic (71.3%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (19.9%), Presbyterian (5.4%), Congregationalist (1.9%) and Methodist (1.1%).
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Fields statistics (1911)
Number: 261
Rank: 2,104
Average Age: 29
Fieldsin the USA (2020)
Number: 103,194
Rank: 298
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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