Moorhead family name history and map
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Moorhead in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 704 people named Moorhead in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,200 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 335 men and 369 women.
Counties with Moorhead in Ireland
Down was Moorhead country: 27.8% of them (196 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (160), Monaghan (96), Tyrone (63) and Dublin (38).
Moorhead average age in 1911
The average Moorhead in 1911 was 29.5 years old, 27.7 for men and 31.3 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.
Moorhead literacy in 1911
Of the Moorheads whose literacy was recorded, 85.7% could both read and write, 4.4% could read but not write, and 9.9% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.1% reading and writing against 84.3% 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.
Moorhead common first names
The most common male names were John (36), James, William, Thomas and Robert. For women it was Mary (32), followed by Jane, Elizabeth, Annie and Martha.
Moorhead occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Moorhead's census form was "Scholar"; 23.4% (165) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.1%), textile worker (3.8%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.3%) and general labourer (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15.9% of all Moorheads, followed by textiles & clothing, retail & commerce and domestic service.
What religion is Moorhead?
Most Moorheads, 50.6%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (34.8%), Roman Catholic (9.9%), Methodist (2.1%) and Non-Conformist (0.4%).
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Moorhead statistics (1911)
Number: 704
Rank: 1,026
Average Age: 30
Moorhead in the USA (2020)
Number: 4,099
Rank: 7,770
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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