Rabbit family name history and map

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Rabbit in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded 88 people named Rabbit in Ireland; roughly one in every 50,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 46 men and 42 women.

Counties with Rabbit in Ireland

Galway was Rabbit country: 47.7% of them (42 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Offaly (14), Roscommon (11), Mayo (9) and Westmeath (8).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

Rabbit average age in 1911

The average Rabbit in 1911 was 35.2 years old, 32.9 for men and 37.6 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.

Rabbit literacy in 1911

Of the Rabbits whose literacy was recorded, 78.2% could both read and write, 2.3% could read but not write, and 19.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 80.4% reading and writing against 75.6% 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.

Rabbit common first names

The most common male names were John (9), Michael, Thomas, Martin and Patrick. For women it was Mary (16), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Annie and Ellen; matching the national top five exactly.

Rabbit occupations in 1911

The most common occupation among Rabbits was farmer, 23.9% of them (21 people). Next came scholar / student (21.6%), farm labourer (4.5%), carpenter / joiner (3.4%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 29.5% of all Rabbits, followed by domestic service, building & construction and retail & commerce.

What religion is Rabbit?

Rabbits were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.

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Rabbit statistics (1911)

Number: 88
Rank: 4,179
Average Age: 35

Rabbitin the USA (2020)

Number: 313
Rank: 67,846

Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero. 

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