Glover family name history and map
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Glover in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 657 people named Glover in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,700 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 325 men and 331 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Glover in Ireland
Antrim was Glover country: 37.4% of them (246 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (188), Dublin (76), Roscommon (37) and Galway (23).
Glover average age in 1911
The average Glover in 1911 was 28.3 years old, 27.2 for men and 29.4 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.
Glover literacy in 1911
Of the Glovers whose literacy was recorded, 77.7% could both read and write, 5% could read but not write, and 17.3% 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.
Glover common first names
The most common male names were James (35), John, William, George and Samuel. For women it was Mary (31), followed by Annie, Sarah, Jane and Margaret.
Glover occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Glover's census form was "Scholar"; 21.2% (139) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (7.3%), textile worker (6.8%), general labourer (3.8%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.8% of all Glovers, followed by textiles & clothing, retail & commerce and general labourers.
What religion is Glover?
The largest religious group among Glovers was Anglican, at 44.1%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (29.7%), Roman Catholic (18.1%), Methodist (3.5%) and Jewish (1.4%).
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Glover statistics (1911)
Number: 657
Rank: 1,080
Average Age: 28
Glover in the USA (2020)
Number: 64,341
Rank: 512
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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