Riordon family name history and map
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Riordon in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 51 people named Riordon in Ireland; roughly one in every 86,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 26 men and 25 women.
Counties with Riordon in Ireland
Cork was Riordon country: 41.2% of them (21 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Limerick (13), Tipperary (8), Longford (3) and Clare (2).
Riordon average age in 1911
The average Riordon in 1911 was 27.5 years old, 29.9 for men and 24.9 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.
Riordon literacy in 1911
Of the Riordons whose literacy was recorded, 79.2% could both read and write, 4.2% could read but not write, and 16.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 87% reading and writing against 72% 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.
Riordon common first names
The most common male names were John (6), Cornelius, James, Jeremiah and Jerome. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Johanna, Julia, Kate and Eileen.
Riordon occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Riordon's census form was "Scholar"; 9.8% (5) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (7.8%), farmer (5.9%), general labourer (5.9%) and domestic servant (3.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15.7% of all Riordons, followed by domestic service, general labourers and transport.
What religion is Riordon?
Riordons were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Riordon statistics (1911)
Number: 51
Rank: 5,724
Average Age: 28
Riordon in the USA (2020)
Number: 192
Rank: 100,469
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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