Rawlins family name history and map
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Rawlins in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 54 people named Rawlins in Ireland; roughly one in every 81,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 27 men and 27 women.
Counties with Rawlins in Ireland
Tipperary was Rawlins country: 27.8% of them (15 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Waterford (12), Laois (9), Clare (6) and Dublin (5).
Rawlins average age in 1911
The average Rawlins in 1911 was 32.7 years old, 30.4 for men and 35.0 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.
Rawlins literacy in 1911
Of the Rawlinses whose literacy was recorded, 88.9% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 11.1% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Rawlins common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (4), Thomas, John, Michael and William. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Margaret, Annie, Alice and Ann.
Rawlins occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Rawlins's census form was "Scholar"; 22.2% (12) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.3%), carpenter / joiner (7.4%), dressmaker / milliner (5.6%) and domestic servant (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.7% of all Rawlinses, followed by building & construction, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Rawlins?
Most Rawlinses, 51.9%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (48.1%).
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Rawlins statistics (1911)
Number: 54
Rank: 5,519
Average Age: 33
Rawlins in the USA (2020)
Number: 6,674
Rank: 5,092
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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