O'Dell family name history and map
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O'Dell in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 110 people named O'Dell in Ireland; roughly one in every 40,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 51 men and 58 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with O'Dell in Ireland
Limerick was O'Dell country: 30.9% of them (34 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (21), Kerry (15), Clare (11) and Waterford (8).
O'Dell average age in 1911
The average O'Dell in 1911 was 32.8 years old, 32.3 for men and 33.2 for women; slightly 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.
O'Dell literacy in 1911
Of the O'Dells whose literacy was recorded, 81.3% could both read and write, 0.9% could read but not write, and 16.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 86% reading and writing against 76% 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.
O'Dell common first names
The most common male names were William (11), John, Patrick, Martin and Michael. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Catherine, Bridget, Ellen and Kate.
O'Dell occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an O'Dell's census form was "Scholar"; 16.4% (18) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (10%), farmer (8.2%), domestic servant (3.6%) and farm labourer (3.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.8% of all O'Dells, followed by general labourers, retail & commerce and textiles & clothing.
What religion is O'Dell?
Most O'Dells, 64.5%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (31.8%) and Presbyterian (2.7%).
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O'Dell statistics (1911)
Number: 110
Rank: 3,640
Average Age: 33
O'Dellin the USA (2020)
Number: 29,381
Rank: 1,180
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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