Ring family name history and map
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Ring in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 824 people named Ring in Ireland; roughly one in every 5,300 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 428 men and 393 women. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Ring in Ireland
The Rings were heavily concentrated in Cork, home to 76.8% of them (633 people). Next came Dublin (59), Kilkenny (49), Limerick (18) and Galway (13).
Ring average age in 1911
The average Ring in 1911 was 29.7 years old, 27.7 for men and 32.0 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.
Ring literacy in 1911
Of the Rings whose literacy was recorded, 80.1% could both read and write, 2.9% could read but not write, and 17% 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.
Ring common first names
The most common male names were John (69), Patrick, Michael, Daniel and Timothy. For women it was Mary (73), followed by Margaret, Ellen, Bridget and Julia.
Ring occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Ring's census form was "Scholar"; 19.3% (159) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (16.1%), farm labourer (7%), domestic servant (5.1%) and general labourer (3.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 23.3% of all Rings, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Ring?
Rings were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 97.5% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.6%).
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Ring statistics (1911)
Number: 824
Rank: 920
Average Age: 30
Ring in the USA (2020)
Number: 14,879
Rank: 2,394
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.