Thorp family name history and map
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Thorp in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 58 people named Thorp in Ireland; roughly one in every 76,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 34 women to 24 men.
Counties with Thorp in Ireland
Dublin was Thorp country: 34.5% of them (20 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Carlow (14), Kilkenny (4), Mayo (4) and Tipperary (4).
Thorp average age in 1911
The average Thorp in 1911 was 36.7 years old, 36.2 for men and 37.1 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.
Thorp literacy in 1911
Of the Thorps whose literacy was recorded, 92.7% could both read and write, 1.8% could read but not write, and 5.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 100% reading and writing against 87.5% 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.
Thorp common first names
The most common male names were James (4), John, Walter, Charles and Charles Henley. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Jane, Amelia Reade, Anna and Anna Caroline.
Thorp occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Thorps was farmer, 12.1% of them (7 people). Next came scholar / student (12.1%), porter / messenger (5.2%), clerk / office worker (3.4%) and agent / manager (1.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.1% of all Thorps, followed by transport, clerical & administration and domestic service.
What religion is Thorp?
Thorps were predominantly Anglican (77.6%). The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (20.7%) and Baptist (1.7%).
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Thorp statistics (1911)
Number: 58
Rank: 5,290
Average Age: 37
Thorp in the USA (2020)
Number: 5,753
Rank: 5,796
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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