Stitt family name history and map
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Stitt in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 271 people named Stitt in Ireland; roughly one in every 16,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 139 men and 131 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Stitt in Ireland
Down was Stitt country: 41.7% of them (113 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (104), Derry (24), Armagh (13) and Dublin (10).
Stitt average age in 1911
The average Stitt in 1911 was 28.0 years old, 27.6 for men and 28.4 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.
Stitt literacy in 1911
Of the Stitts whose literacy was recorded, 84.8% could both read and write, 3.2% could read but not write, and 12% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.6% reading and writing against 82.2% 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.
Stitt common first names
The most common male names were William (19), Thomas, John, Robert and Hugh. For women it was Mary (14), followed by Elizabeth, Jane, Sarah and Agnes.
Stitt occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Stitt's census form was "Scholar"; 20.7% (56) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (8.1%), general labourer (4.4%), farmer (4.1%) and sailor / dock worker (4.1%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 11.4% of all Stitts, followed by agriculture, transport and general labourers.
What religion is Stitt?
The largest religious group among Stitts was Anglican, at 47.6%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (18.8%), Baptist (8.5%), Roman Catholic (8.1%) and Methodist (7.4%).
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Stitt statistics (1911)
Number: 271
Rank: 2,063
Average Age: 28
Stitt in the USA (2020)
Number: 5,397
Rank: 6,097
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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