Swords family name history and map
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Swords in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 375 people named Swords in Ireland; roughly one in every 12,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 196 men and 179 women.
Counties with Swords in Ireland
Dublin was Swords country: 29.3% of them (110 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Offaly (51), Wexford (51), Kildare (38) and Mayo (38).
Swords average age in 1911
The average Swords in 1911 was 27.7 years old, 26.5 for men and 28.9 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.
Swords literacy in 1911
Of the Swordses whose literacy was recorded, 72.4% could both read and write, 6% could read but not write, and 21.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 75.6% reading and writing against 68.8% 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.
Swords common first names
The most common male names were John (23), Michael, James, Patrick and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (30), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Anne and Annie.
Swords occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Swords's census form was "Scholar"; 24.3% (91) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.8%), farm labourer (5.1%), general labourer (4.5%) and domestic servant (3.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.4% of all Swordses, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Swords?
Swordses were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Swords statistics (1911)
Number: 375
Rank: 1,646
Average Age: 28
Swords in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,489
Rank: 11,989
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
