OVens family name history and map
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OVens in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 73 people named OVens in Ireland; roughly one in every 60,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 39 men and 34 women.
Counties with OVens in Ireland
The OVenses were heavily concentrated in Fermanagh, home to 63% of them (46 people). Next came Donegal (8), Cork (6), Antrim (4) and Kerry (3).
OVens average age in 1911
The average OVens in 1911 was 33.2 years old, 32.1 for men and 34.6 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.
OVens literacy in 1911
Of the OVenses whose literacy was recorded, 86.3% could both read and write, 1.4% could read but not write, and 12.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 89.7% reading and writing against 82.4% 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.
OVens common first names
The most common male names were Arthur (4), William, John, Thomas John and James. For women it was Ellen (3), followed by Jane, Edith, Maggie and Margaret.
OVens occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among OVenses was farmer, 27.4% of them (20 people). Next came scholar / student (21.9%), carpenter / joiner (4.1%), farm labourer (2.7%) and seamstress (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 30.1% of all OVenses, followed by building & construction, public service & defence and textiles & clothing.
What religion is OVens?
Most OVenses, 64.4%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (16.4%), Methodist (13.7%) and Presbyterian (5.5%).
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OVens statistics (1911)
Number: 73
Rank: 4,636
Average Age: 33
OVens in the USA (2020)
Number: 494
Rank: 46,481
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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