Roddy family name history and map
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Roddy in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 810 people named Roddy in Ireland; roughly one in every 5,400 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 411 men and 396 women. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Roddy in Ireland
Roscommon was Roddy country: 31.1% of them (252 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Sligo (85), Derry (82), Mayo (69) and Louth (68).
Roddy average age in 1911
The average Roddy in 1911 was 31.0 years old, 31.3 for men and 30.6 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.
Roddy literacy in 1911
Of the Roddys whose literacy was recorded, 76.7% could both read and write, 3.3% could read but not write, and 20.1% 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.
Roddy common first names
The most common male names were James (53), John, Michael, Patrick and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (57), followed by Bridget, Ellen, Anne and Margaret.
Roddy occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Roddys was farmer, 22.2% of them (180 people). Next came scholar / student (20.5%), general labourer (3.8%), farm labourer (2.7%) and domestic servant (1.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 25.6% of all Roddys, followed by general labourers, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Roddy?
Roddys were predominantly Roman Catholic (86.2%). The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (5.2%), Anglican (3.6%), Methodist (1%) and Unitarian (0.1%).
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Roddy statistics (1911)
Number: 810
Rank: 934
Average Age: 31
Roddy in the USA (2020)
Number: 6,696
Rank: 5,074
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.