Sommers family name history and map
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Sommers in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 59 people named Sommers in Ireland; roughly one in every 74,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 35 men to 24 women.
Counties with Sommers in Ireland
Wexford was Sommers country: 27.1% of them (16 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kerry (11), Dublin (9), Derry (4) and Limerick (3).
Sommers average age in 1911
The average Sommers in 1911 was 36.3 years old, 36.9 for men and 35.4 for women; noticeably older 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.
Sommers literacy in 1911
Of the Sommerses whose literacy was recorded, 78% could both read and write, 3.4% could read but not write, and 18.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.5% reading and writing against 71.4% of men. 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.
Sommers common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (9), John, Thomas, James and Michael; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (3), followed by Margaret, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah and Bridget.
Sommers occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Sommerses was farmer, 16.9% of them (10 people). Next came farm labourer (13.6%), scholar / student (13.6%), domestic servant (10.2%) and general labourer (5.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 32.2% of all Sommerses, followed by domestic service, general labourers and building & construction.
What religion is Sommers?
Sommerses were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 96.6% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.7%) and Presbyterian (1.7%).
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Sommers statistics (1911)
Number: 59
Rank: 5,237
Average Age: 36
Sommers in the USA (2020)
Number: 11,381
Rank: 3,078
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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