Watts family name history and map
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Watts in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 255 people named Watts in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 116 men and 139 women.
Counties with Watts in Ireland
Dublin was Watts country: 39.2% of them (100 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (30), Down (29), Kildare (21) and Mayo (17).
Watts average age in 1911
The average Watts in 1911 was 26.1 years old, 25.9 for men and 26.2 for women; noticeably 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.
Watts literacy in 1911
Of the Wattses whose literacy was recorded, 83.3% could both read and write, 2% could read but not write, and 14.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 85.5% reading and writing against 81.5% 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.
Watts common first names
The most common male names were William (11), James, Patrick, George and John. For women it was Margaret (6), followed by Mary, Elizabeth, Ellen and Lucy.
Watts occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Watts's census form was "Scholar"; 19.6% (50) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (5.5%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (5.1%), farmer (4.3%) and other maker / factory worker (4.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 7.1% of all Wattses, followed by general labourers, retail & commerce and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Watts?
The largest religious group among Wattses was Anglican, at 43.5%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (42%), Presbyterian (8.2%), Methodist (3.1%) and Baptist (1.2%).
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Watts statistics (1911)
Number: 255
Rank: 2,140
Average Age: 26
Watts in the USA (2020)
Number: 85,754
Rank: 361
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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