Clegg family name history and map
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Clegg in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 323 people named Clegg in Ireland; roughly one in every 14,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 167 men and 155 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Clegg in Ireland
Down was Clegg country: 37.2% of them (120 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (66), Dublin (42), Wexford (15) and Laois (14).
Clegg average age in 1911
The average Clegg in 1911 was 28.1 years old, 26.6 for men and 29.8 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.
Clegg literacy in 1911
Of the Cleggs whose literacy was recorded, 87.7% could both read and write, 2.8% could read but not write, and 9.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 91% reading and writing against 84.1% 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.
Clegg common first names
The most common male names were James (15), John, William, Thomas and Joseph. For women it was Elizabeth (12), followed by Mary, Margaret, Annie and Ellen.
Clegg occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Clegg's census form was "Scholar"; 23.5% (76) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.5%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.7%), metal worker / engineer (3.4%) and domestic servant (2.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.2% of all Cleggs, followed by textiles & clothing, retail & commerce and metal & engineering.
What religion is Clegg?
The largest religious group among Cleggs was Anglican, at 39.6%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (35.3%), Roman Catholic (17%), Methodist (6.8%) and Congregationalist (0.6%).
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Clegg statistics (1911)
Number: 323
Rank: 1,820
Average Age: 28
Clegg in the USA (2020)
Number: 7,843
Rank: 4,371
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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