Irvine family name history and map
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Irvine in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 2,384 people named Irvine in Ireland, about 0.054% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 374th most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 1,177 men and 1,204 women. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Irvine in Ireland
Antrim was Irvine country: 37.7% of them (899 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (633), Fermanagh (415), Tyrone (154) and Dublin (76).
Irvine average age in 1911
The average Irvine in 1911 was 29.2 years old, 28.3 for men and 30.1 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.
Irvine literacy in 1911
Of the Irvines whose literacy was recorded, 80.5% could both read and write, 4.1% could read but not write, and 15.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 81.8% reading and writing against 79.2% of 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.
Irvine common first names
The most common male names were William (136), John, James, Robert and Thomas. For women it was Mary (90), followed by Elizabeth, Margaret, Annie and Sarah.
Irvine occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Irvine's census form was "Scholar"; 19.8% (471) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.8%), textile worker (5.6%), general labourer (4.8%) and domestic servant (2.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.5% of all Irvines, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Irvine?
The largest religious group among Irvines was Anglican, at 42.4%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (37.7%), Roman Catholic (8.3%), Methodist (6.6%) and Baptist (1%).
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Irvine statistics (1911)
Number: 2,384
Rank: 374
Average Age: 29
Irvinein the USA (2020)
Number: 9,263
Rank: 3,728
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
