ORgan family name history
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ORgan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 116 people named ORgan in Ireland; roughly one in every 38,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 60 men and 56 women.
Counties with ORgan in Ireland
Clare was ORgan country: 37.9% of them (44 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Waterford (35), Tipperary (16), Limerick (12) and Cork (4).
ORgan average age in 1911
The average ORgan in 1911 was 28.4 years old, 23.9 for men and 33.2 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.
ORgan literacy in 1911
Of the ORgans whose literacy was recorded, 83% could both read and write, 2.7% could read but not write, and 14.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 86.2% reading and writing against 79.6% of 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.
ORgan common first names
The most common male names were John (14), Patrick, Thomas, Michael and James; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (12), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Ellen and Margaret.
ORgan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an ORgan's census form was "Scholar"; 25% (29) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.1%), general labourer (6.9%), domestic servant (3.4%) and farm labourer (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15.5% of all ORgans, followed by general labourers, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is ORgan?
ORgans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.3% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.7%).
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ORgan statistics (1911)
Number: 116
Rank: 3,521
Average Age: 28
ORganin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,936
Rank: 14,724
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
