Sturgeon family name history and map
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Sturgeon in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 267 people named Sturgeon in Ireland; roughly one in every 16,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 127 men and 139 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Sturgeon in Ireland
Down was Sturgeon country: 46.4% of them (124 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (45), Antrim (39), Monaghan (22) and Dublin (20).
Sturgeon average age in 1911
The average Sturgeon in 1911 was 30.5 years old, 30.2 for men and 30.7 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Sturgeon literacy in 1911
Of the Sturgeons whose literacy was recorded, 76% could both read and write, 4.3% could read but not write, and 19.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 80.2% reading and writing against 72.3% 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.
Sturgeon common first names
The most common male names were John (17), James, William, Samuel and Robert. For women it was Elizabeth (9), followed by Annie, Mary, Sarah and Jane.
Sturgeon occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Sturgeon's census form was "Scholar"; 18% (48) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (15%), farmer (10.1%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.9%) and dressmaker / milliner (2.6%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 18% of all Sturgeons, followed by agriculture, retail & commerce and domestic service.
What religion is Sturgeon?
Most Sturgeons, 51.3%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (40.4%), Roman Catholic (3.4%), Methodist (2.2%) and Plymouth Brethren (0.7%).
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Sturgeon statistics (1911)
Number: 267
Rank: 2,079
Average Age: 31
Sturgeon in the USA (2020)
Number: 8,665
Rank: 3,969
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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