Foreman family name history and map
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Foreman in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 194 people named Foreman in Ireland; roughly one in every 23,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 97 men and 96 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Foreman in Ireland
Antrim was Foreman country: 37.6% of them (73 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (53), Clare (14), Cork (13) and Dublin (11).
Foreman average age in 1911
The average Foreman in 1911 was 30.9 years old, 27.4 for men and 34.5 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.
Foreman literacy in 1911
Of the Foremans whose literacy was recorded, 84.4% could both read and write, 3.8% could read but not write, and 11.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 86.8% reading and writing against 81.9% 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.
Foreman common first names
The most common male names were John (11), Thomas, William, James and Robert. For women it was Sarah (8), followed by Jane, Mary, Margaret and Maggie.
Foreman occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Foreman's census form was "Scholar"; 14.4% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.9%), textile worker (10.8%), metal worker / engineer (3.1%) and other maker / factory worker (3.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.4% of all Foremans, followed by textiles & clothing, metal & engineering and building & construction.
What religion is Foreman?
Most Foremans, 54.1%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (31.4%), Roman Catholic (12.4%) and Methodist (1%).
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Foreman statistics (1911)
Number: 194
Rank: 2,550
Average Age: 31
Foreman in the USA (2020)
Number: 27,034
Rank: 1,273
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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