Plant family name history and map
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Plant in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 179 people named Plant in Ireland; roughly one in every 25,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 100 men to 79 women.
Counties with Plant in Ireland
Wicklow was Plant country: 33.5% of them (60 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (44), Kildare (16), Westmeath (12) and Carlow (10).
Plant average age in 1911
The average Plant in 1911 was 27.5 years old, 26.6 for men and 28.6 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.
Plant literacy in 1911
Of the Plants whose literacy was recorded, 82% could both read and write, 1.7% could read but not write, and 16.3% 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.
Plant common first names
The most common male names were John (14), George, James, Thomas and Edward. For women it was Mary (12), followed by Sarah, Elizabeth, Ellen and Essie.
Plant occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Plant's census form was "Scholar"; 16.2% (29) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (5.6%), general labourer (4.5%), carpenter / joiner (1.7%) and cook (1.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 7.3% of all Plants, followed by general labourers, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Plant?
Most Plants, 57.5%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (36.9%) and Presbyterian (5%).
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Plant statistics (1911)
Number: 179
Rank: 2,687
Average Age: 28
Plant in the USA (2020)
Number: 5,526
Rank: 5,998
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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