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O’Dwyer

O'Dwyer in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded 1,675 people named O'Dwyer in Ireland, about 0.038% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 519th most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 842 men and 830 women. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)

Counties with O'Dwyer in Ireland

Tipperary was O'Dwyer country: 31.9% of them (534 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Limerick (482), Clare (246), Dublin (171) and Cork (84).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

O'Dwyer average age in 1911

The average O'Dwyer in 1911 was 28.1 years old, 28.0 for men and 28.2 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'Dwyer literacy in 1911

Of the O'Dwyers whose literacy was recorded, 84.4% could both read and write, 1.5% could read but not write, and 14.2% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.

O'Dwyer common first names

The most common male names were John (126), Michael, Patrick, Thomas and James; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (143), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Ellen and Catherine.

O'Dwyer occupations in 1911

The most common entry on an O'Dwyer's census form was "Scholar"; 21.9% (367) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.3%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (5.1%), general labourer (2.5%) and domestic servant (2.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.2% of all O'Dwyers, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and professional.

What religion is O'Dwyer?

O'Dwyers were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.7% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.5%).
Map showing where Roman Catholic families of this surname lived in Ireland, 1911 census

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O'Dwyer statistics (1911)

Number: 1,675
Rank: 519
Average Age: 28

O'Dwyer in the USA (2020)

Number: 1,549
Rank: 17,792

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

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