O'Gara family name history and map
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O'Gara in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 468 people named O'Gara in Ireland; roughly one in every 9,400 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 220 men and 247 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with O'Gara in Ireland
Sligo was O'Gara country: 30.6% of them (143 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Roscommon (136), Mayo (127), Donegal (47) and Dublin (6).
O'Gara average age in 1911
The average O'Gara in 1911 was 32.3 years old, 33.7 for men and 31.0 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'Gara literacy in 1911
Of the O'Garas whose literacy was recorded, 83.3% could both read and write, 3.7% could read but not write, and 13% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84.4% reading and writing against 82.1% 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'Gara common first names
The most common male names were John (33), Michael, Patrick, Thomas and James; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (39), followed by Bridget, Kate, Ellen and Anne.
O'Gara occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among O'Garas was farmer, 28.6% of them (134 people). Next came scholar / student (22%), farm labourer (2.6%), general labourer (2.1%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 32.1% of all O'Garas, followed by retail & commerce, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is O'Gara?
O'Garas were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 96.4% of them.
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O'Gara statistics (1911)
Number: 468
Rank: 1,413
Average Age: 32
O'Gara in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,748
Rank: 16,031
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
