V family name history and map

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V in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded 208 people named V in Ireland; roughly one in every 21,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 133 men to 54 women. (A small number, 21, had no sex recorded.)

Counties with V in Ireland

Dublin was V country: 25% of them (52 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kildare (27), Cork (22), Derry (14) and Antrim (13).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

V average age in 1911

The average V in 1911 was 32.6 years old, 32.2 for men and 36.7 for women; slightly 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.

V literacy in 1911

Of the Vs whose literacy was recorded, 81.7% could both read and write, 5.6% could read but not write, and 12.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 85.8% reading and writing against 67.3% 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.

V common first names

The most common male names were J (32), H, W, A and C. For women it was M (16), followed by E, L, B and K.

V occupations in 1911

The most common occupation among Vs was general labourer, 19.2% of them (40 people). Next came farmer (7.7%), scholar / student (7.2%), domestic servant (5.3%) and carter / driver / groom (3.4%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 19.2% of all Vs, followed by agriculture, domestic service and transport.

What religion is V?

The largest religious group among Vs was Anglican, at 43.3%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (42.8%), Presbyterian (7.2%), Methodist (1.4%) and Baptist (1%).

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V statistics (1911)

Number: 208
Rank: 2,441
Average Age: 33

V in the USA (2020)

Number: 0
Rank: 0

Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero. 

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