Morriss family name history and map
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Morriss in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 200 people named Morriss in Ireland; roughly one in every 22,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 105 men and 95 women.
Counties with Morriss in Ireland
Roscommon was Morriss country: 27% of them (54 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Galway (48), Tipperary (25), Cavan (13) and Wexford (13).
Morriss average age in 1911
The average Morriss in 1911 was 34.9 years old, 33.6 for men and 36.3 for women; noticeably 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.
Morriss literacy in 1911
Of the Morrisses whose literacy was recorded, 74.1% could both read and write, 7.3% could read but not write, and 18.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 79.8% reading and writing against 68.7% 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.
Morriss common first names
The most common male names were John (23), Michael, Patrick, William and James. For women it was Mary (21), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Anne and Ellen.
Morriss occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Morrisses was farmer, 27% of them (54 people). Next came scholar / student (11.5%), farm labourer (6.5%), domestic servant (5%) and general labourer (4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 33.5% of all Morrisses, followed by domestic service, general labourers and public service & defence.
What religion is Morriss?
Morrisses were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 92.5% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (7%) and Baptist (0.5%).
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Morriss statistics (1911)
Number: 200
Rank: 2,512
Average Age: 35
Morrissin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,645
Rank: 16,901
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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