Sloan family name history and map
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Sloan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 2,313 people named Sloan in Ireland, about 0.053% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 384th most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 1,128 men and 1,181 women. (A small number, 4, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Sloan in Ireland
Down was Sloan country: 39.3% of them (910 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (829), Armagh (126), Tyrone (122) and Derry (82).
Sloan average age in 1911
The average Sloan in 1911 was 28.5 years old, 27.6 for men and 29.4 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.
Sloan literacy in 1911
Of the Sloans whose literacy was recorded, 78% could both read and write, 4.9% could read but not write, and 17% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Sloan common first names
The most common male names were John (135), James, William, Thomas and Robert. For women it was Mary (144), followed by Sarah, Margaret, Annie and Elizabeth.
Sloan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Sloan's census form was "Scholar"; 20.5% (475) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.9%), textile worker (4.8%), general labourer (4.7%) and farm labourer (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.8% of all Sloans, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Sloan?
The largest religious group among Sloans was Presbyterian, at 41.7%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (27.2%), Anglican (22.4%), Methodist (3.8%) and Congregationalist (1.1%).
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Sloan statistics (1911)
Number: 2,313
Rank: 384
Average Age: 29
Sloan in the USA (2020)
Number: 41,599
Rank: 808
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.