Temple family name history and map
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Temple in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 238 people named Temple in Ireland; roughly one in every 18,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 116 men and 122 women.
Counties with Temple in Ireland
Donegal was Temple country: 27.7% of them (66 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (41), Derry (36), Offaly (34) and Mayo (15).
Temple average age in 1911
The average Temple in 1911 was 26.8 years old, 27.6 for men and 26.1 for women; noticeably 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.
Temple literacy in 1911
Of the Temples whose literacy was recorded, 76.1% could both read and write, 5.8% could read but not write, and 18.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 78% reading and writing against 74.4% 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.
Temple common first names
The most common male names were John (22), William, Hugh, James and Joseph. For women it was Margaret (14), followed by Mary, Bridget, Ellen and Elizabeth.
Temple occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Temple's census form was "Scholar"; 21% (50) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.8%), general labourer (3.4%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.9%) and farm labourer (2.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.4% of all Temples, followed by retail & commerce, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Temple?
Most Temples, 55.5%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (22.7%), Presbyterian (15.5%), Methodist (1.3%) and Protestant (1.3%).
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Temple statistics (1911)
Number: 238
Rank: 2,253
Average Age: 27
Templein the USA (2020)
Number: 21,324
Rank: 1,638
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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