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O’Driscoll

O'Driscoll in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded 1,695 people named O'Driscoll in Ireland, about 0.039% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 509th most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 806 men and 887 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)

Counties with O'Driscoll in Ireland

The O'Driscolls were heavily concentrated in Cork, home to 72% of them (1,221 people). Next came Dublin (169), Kerry (121), Limerick (57) and Tipperary (41).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

O'Driscoll average age in 1911

The average O'Driscoll in 1911 was 27.9 years old, 27.1 for men and 28.5 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.

O'Driscoll literacy in 1911

Of the O'Driscolls whose literacy was recorded, 84.2% could both read and write, 2.5% could read but not write, and 13.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 85.4% reading and writing against 82.8% 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'Driscoll common first names

The most common male names were John (98), Patrick, Michael, Denis and Daniel. For women it was Mary (134), followed by Ellen, Margaret, Bridget and Kate.

O'Driscoll occupations in 1911

The most common entry on an O'Driscoll's census form was "Scholar"; 23.1% (391) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.6%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.6%), domestic servant (3%) and general labourer (2.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13% of all O'Driscolls, followed by domestic service, retail & commerce and professional.

What religion is O'Driscoll?

O'Driscolls were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.4% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1%).
Map showing where Roman Catholic families of this surname lived in Ireland, 1911 census

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O'Driscoll statistics (1911)

Number: 1,695
Rank: 509
Average Age: 28

O'Driscoll in the USA (2020)

Number: 1,576
Rank: 17,524

Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero. 

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