Richmond family name history and map
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Richmond in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 312 people named Richmond in Ireland; roughly one in every 14,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 155 men and 155 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Richmond in Ireland
The Richmonds were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 52.6% of them (164 people). Next came Down (43), Cavan (37), Dublin (27) and Derry (16).
Richmond average age in 1911
The average Richmond in 1911 was 28.3 years old, 27.2 for men and 29.5 for women; a touch younger 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.
Richmond literacy in 1911
Of the Richmonds whose literacy was recorded, 82.9% could both read and write, 4.1% could read but not write, and 13% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 84.5% reading and writing against 81.4% 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.
Richmond common first names
The most common male names were John (21), William, Henry, Robert and Charles. For women it was Mary (18), followed by Elizabeth, Jane, Annie and Margaret.
Richmond occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Richmond's census form was "Scholar"; 24.4% (76) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.3%), general labourer (3.8%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.2%) and textile worker (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.2% of all Richmonds, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and building & construction.
What religion is Richmond?
The largest religious group among Richmonds was Presbyterian, at 46.8%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (27.9%), Roman Catholic (13.8%), Methodist (5.8%) and Jewish (3.5%).
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Richmond statistics (1911)
Number: 312
Rank: 1,869
Average Age: 28
Richmond in the USA (2020)
Number: 35,493
Rank: 970
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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