Thorpe family name history and map
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Thorpe in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 393 people named Thorpe in Ireland; roughly one in every 11,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 177 men and 216 women.
Counties with Thorpe in Ireland
Wexford was Thorpe country: 25.4% of them (100 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (79), Derry (70), Kildare (52) and Antrim (24).
Thorpe average age in 1911
The average Thorpe in 1911 was 30.3 years old, 27.9 for men and 32.3 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Thorpe literacy in 1911
Of the Thorpes whose literacy was recorded, 82.9% could both read and write, 1.1% could read but not write, and 16.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84.6% reading and writing against 80.8% 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.
Thorpe common first names
The most common male names were John (23), William, James, Thomas and Patrick. For women it was Mary (19), followed by Margaret, Elizabeth, Ellen and Annie.
Thorpe occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Thorpe's census form was "Scholar"; 16% (63) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.9%), general labourer (5.1%), domestic servant (4.1%) and farm labourer (2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.2% of all Thorpes, followed by domestic service, general labourers and professional.
What religion is Thorpe?
The largest religious group among Thorpes was Roman Catholic, at 47.1%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (41.7%), Presbyterian (9.2%), Baptist (1.5%) and Methodist (0.3%).
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Thorpe statistics (1911)
Number: 393
Rank: 1,591
Average Age: 30
Thorpein the USA (2020)
Number: 21,301
Rank: 1,642
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
