Paul family name history and map
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Paul in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 587 people named Paul in Ireland; roughly one in every 7,500 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 292 men and 293 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Paul in Ireland
Derry was Paul country: 40.9% of them (240 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (123), Cork (48), Dublin (45) and Armagh (40).
Paul average age in 1911
The average Paul in 1911 was 29.7 years old, 30.6 for men and 28.7 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Paul literacy in 1911
Of the Pauls whose literacy was recorded, 84% could both read and write, 3% could read but not write, and 13.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 85% reading and writing against 83% 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.
Paul common first names
The most common male names were James (35), John, William, Robert and Samuel. For women it was Mary (17), followed by Sarah, Annie, Elizabeth and Martha.
Paul occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Paul's census form was "Scholar"; 20.1% (118) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.6%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.8%), textile worker (3.9%) and farm labourer (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.4% of all Pauls, followed by retail & commerce, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Paul?
Most Pauls, 51.3%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (25.4%), Roman Catholic (14.7%), Methodist (3.2%) and Baptist (1%).
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Paul statistics (1911)
Number: 587
Rank: 1,183
Average Age: 30
Paulin the USA (2020)
Number: 80,097
Rank: 396
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
