Frost family name history and map
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Frost in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 284 people named Frost in Ireland; roughly one in every 15,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 138 men and 145 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Frost in Ireland
Clare was Frost country: 40.5% of them (115 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Limerick (52), Cork (37), Dublin (18) and Antrim (16).
Frost average age in 1911
The average Frost in 1911 was 31.3 years old, 29.9 for men and 32.6 for women; slightly older 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.
Frost literacy in 1911
Of the Frosts whose literacy was recorded, 88.7% could both read and write, 1.1% could read but not write, and 10.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 91.5% reading and writing against 85.7% 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.
Frost common first names
The most common male names were John (15), Thomas, Patrick, James and Robert. For women it was Mary (20), followed by Margaret, Ellen, Catherine and Anne.
Frost occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Frost's census form was "Scholar"; 18.7% (53) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.1%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.2%), metal worker / engineer (2.5%) and other professional (2.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.8% of all Frosts, followed by professional, retail & commerce and domestic service.
What religion is Frost?
Frosts were predominantly Roman Catholic (75.7%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (16.2%), Methodist (3.9%), Presbyterian (1.4%) and Agnostic (1.1%).
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Frost statistics (1911)
Number: 284
Rank: 1,999
Average Age: 31
Frostin the USA (2020)
Number: 40,771
Rank: 830
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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