Torpy family name history and map
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Torpy in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 78 people named Torpy in Ireland; roughly one in every 56,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 42 men and 36 women.
Counties with Torpy in Ireland
Clare was Torpy country: 34.6% of them (27 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tipperary (26), Waterford (8), Limerick (5) and Antrim (4).
Torpy average age in 1911
The average Torpy in 1911 was 28.2 years old, 25.6 for men and 31.2 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.
Torpy literacy in 1911
Of the Torpys whose literacy was recorded, 81.6% could both read and write, 2.6% could read but not write, and 15.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 85.7% reading and writing against 78% 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.
Torpy common first names
The most common male names were Michael (7), Thomas, John, Patrick and Martin. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Ellen, Margaret, Mary Anne and Alice.
Torpy occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Torpy's census form was "Scholar"; 29.5% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.3%), general labourer (7.7%), domestic servant (2.6%) and dressmaker / milliner (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.5% of all Torpys, followed by general labourers, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Torpy?
Torpys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Torpy statistics (1911)
Number: 78
Rank: 4,470
Average Age: 28
Torpy in the USA (2020)
Number: 323
Rank: 66,171
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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