Purvis family name history and map
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Purvis in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 178 people named Purvis in Ireland; roughly one in every 25,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 98 men to 80 women.
Counties with Purvis in Ireland
Antrim was Purvis country: 29.2% of them (52 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Derry (48), Tyrone (36), Down (31) and Armagh (5).
Purvis average age in 1911
The average Purvis in 1911 was 32.0 years old, 32.1 for men and 31.9 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.
Purvis literacy in 1911
Of the Purvises whose literacy was recorded, 75% could both read and write, 1.7% could read but not write, and 23.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 85.5% reading and writing against 66.7% 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.
Purvis common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (10), John, William, Henry and James. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Sarah, Annie, Jane and Agnes.
Purvis occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Purvis's census form was "Scholar"; 18.5% (33) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.1%), general labourer (7.3%), textile worker (4.5%) and farm labourer (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14% of all Purvises, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Purvis?
Most Purvises, 53.9%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (24.7%), Methodist (10.7%) and Roman Catholic (8.4%).
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Purvis statistics (1911)
Number: 178
Rank: 2,697
Average Age: 32
Purvis in the USA (2020)
Number: 15,975
Rank: 2,220
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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