Spollen family name history and map
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Spollen in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 102 people named Spollen in Ireland; roughly one in every 43,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 53 men and 49 women.
Counties with Spollen in Ireland
Westmeath was Spollen country: 43.1% of them (44 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Offaly (40), Roscommon (9), Dublin (7) and Galway (1).
Spollen average age in 1911
The average Spollen in 1911 was 31.7 years old, 30.6 for men and 32.8 for women; slightly 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.
Spollen literacy in 1911
Of the Spollens whose literacy was recorded, 72.3% could both read and write, 10.9% could read but not write, and 16.8% 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.
Spollen common first names
The most common male names were John (13), James, Joseph, Thomas and Bartle. For women it was Mary (10), followed by Bridget, Anne, Catherine and Eliza.
Spollen occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Spollens was farmer, 27.5% of them (28 people). Next came scholar / student (16.7%), farm labourer (4.9%), domestic servant (2.9%) and general labourer (2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 32.4% of all Spollens, followed by domestic service, building & construction and general labourers.
What religion is Spollen?
Spollens were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 95.1% of them.
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Spollen statistics (1911)
Number: 102
Rank: 3,808
Average Age: 32
Spollenin the USA (2020)
Number: 139
Rank: 128,411
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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