ORmsby family name history and map
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ORmsby in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 263 people named ORmsby in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 123 men and 138 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with ORmsby in Ireland
Mayo was ORmsby country: 32.7% of them (86 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (82), Sligo (38), Tyrone (10) and Roscommon (9).
ORmsby average age in 1911
The average ORmsby in 1911 was 33.3 years old, 30.8 for men and 35.7 for women; noticeably 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.
ORmsby literacy in 1911
Of the ORmsbys whose literacy was recorded, 77.7% could both read and write, 4.7% could read but not write, and 17.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 78.7% reading and writing against 76.5% 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.
ORmsby common first names
The most common male names were John (18), Thomas, William, James and Patrick. For women it was Mary (20), followed by Bridget, Elizabeth, Ellen and Catherine.
ORmsby occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among ORmsbys was farmer, 14.4% of them (38 people). Next came scholar / student (12.9%), general labourer (3.8%), farm labourer (3.4%) and no occupation / dependent (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.9% of all ORmsbys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is ORmsby?
Most ORmsbys, 58.9%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (36.9%), Plymouth Brethren (1.9%) and Presbyterian (1.5%).
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ORmsby statistics (1911)
Number: 263
Rank: 2,096
Average Age: 33
ORmsby in the USA (2020)
Number: 3,594
Rank: 8,758
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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