Roland family name history and map
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Roland in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 110 people named Roland in Ireland; roughly one in every 40,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 50 men and 60 women.
Counties with Roland in Ireland
Galway was Roland country: 36.4% of them (40 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (20), Antrim (16), Mayo (11) and Dublin (8).
Roland average age in 1911
The average Roland in 1911 was 27.7 years old, 27.4 for men and 28.0 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.
Roland literacy in 1911
Of the Rolands whose literacy was recorded, 83.3% could both read and write, 3.7% could read but not write, and 13% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 86% reading and writing against 81% 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.
Roland common first names
The most common male names were John (8), James, Michael, Andrew and Anthony. For women it was Mary (8), followed by Annie, Bridget, Catherine and Jane.
Roland occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Roland's census form was "Scholar"; 27.3% (30) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (6.4%), farmer (6.4%), textile worker (6.4%) and clerk / office worker (3.6%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 10.9% of all Rolands, followed by domestic service, agriculture and clerical & administration.
What religion is Roland?
Rolands were predominantly Roman Catholic (70%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (20%), Methodist (8.2%) and Presbyterian (1.8%).
Roland statistics (1911)
Number: 110
Rank: 3,640
Average Age: 28
Roland in the USA (2020)
Number: 18,139
Rank: 1,941
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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