Wharton family name history and map
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Wharton in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 170 people named Wharton in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 83 men and 86 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Wharton in Ireland
Kerry was Wharton country: 45.3% of them (77 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (26), Dublin (25), Cork (10) and Waterford (9).
Wharton average age in 1911
The average Wharton in 1911 was 26.4 years old, 26.0 for men and 26.9 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.
Wharton literacy in 1911
Of the Whartons whose literacy was recorded, 85% could both read and write, 3% could read but not write, and 12% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 90.6% reading and writing against 79% 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.
Wharton common first names
The most common male names were Joseph (14), Thomas, John, Robert and William. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Annie, Elizabeth, Ellie and Margaret.
Wharton occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Wharton's census form was "Scholar"; 24.1% (41) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (22.4%), no occupation / dependent (2.9%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.9%) and domestic servant (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 25.3% of all Whartons, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Wharton?
The largest religious group among Whartons was Anglican, at 47.1%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (23.5%), Presbyterian (11.2%), Unitarian (11.2%) and Methodist (7.1%).
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Wharton statistics (1911)
Number: 170
Rank: 2,786
Average Age: 26
Whartonin the USA (2020)
Number: 11,091
Rank: 3,177
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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