Pringle family name history
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Pringle in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 171 people named Pringle in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 85 men and 85 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Pringle in Ireland
Dublin was Pringle country: 29.8% of them (51 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Monaghan (17), Down (15), Kildare (15) and Antrim (12).
Pringle average age in 1911
The average Pringle in 1911 was 27.8 years old, 25.4 for men and 30.2 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.
Pringle literacy in 1911
Of the Pringles whose literacy was recorded, 86.2% could both read and write, 1.3% could read but not write, and 12.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.8% reading and writing against 84.4% 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.
Pringle common first names
The most common male names were John (7), Thomas, James, Peter and Alexander. For women it was Mary (10), followed by Margaret, Annie, Bridget and Eliza.
Pringle occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Pringle's census form was "Scholar"; 15.8% (27) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.2%), medical / nursing (2.9%), no occupation / dependent (2.9%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.5% of all Pringles, followed by professional, retail & commerce and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Pringle?
The largest religious group among Pringles was Roman Catholic, at 37.4%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (35.1%), Anglican (19.9%), Methodist (3.5%) and Congregationalist (2.9%).
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Pringle statistics (1911)
Number: 171
Rank: 2,776
Average Age: 28
Pringlein the USA (2020)
Number: 12,432
Rank: 2,819
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
