Goss family name history and map
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Goss in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 205 people named Goss in Ireland; roughly one in every 21,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 99 men and 106 women.
Counties with Goss in Ireland
Dublin had the largest share of Gosses, 23.9% (49 people). Next came Louth (49), Cork (18), Wicklow (12) and Cavan (10).
Goss average age in 1911
The average Goss in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 28.3 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.
Goss literacy in 1911
Of the Gosses whose literacy was recorded, 84.9% could both read and write, 3.6% could read but not write, and 11.5% 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.
Goss common first names
The most common male names were John (15), James, Patrick, Joseph and Michael. For women it was Mary (16), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Ellen and Annie; matching the national top five exactly.
Goss occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Goss's census form was "Scholar"; 20% (41) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (6.8%), general labourer (5.9%), domestic servant (4.4%) and seamstress (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 9.8% of all Gosses, followed by general labourers, domestic service and transport.
What religion is Goss?
Gosses were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 94.6% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (2.9%) and Presbyterian (0.5%).
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Goss statistics (1911)
Number: 205
Rank: 2,468
Average Age: 29
Gossin the USA (2020)
Number: 25,218
Rank: 1,380
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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