Sewell family name history
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Sewell in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 168 people named Sewell in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 82 men and 86 women.
Counties with Sewell in Ireland
Antrim was Sewell country: 38.1% of them (64 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (22), Down (18), Kildare (14) and Armagh (12).
Sewell average age in 1911
The average Sewell in 1911 was 27.8 years old, 28.0 for men and 27.6 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.
Sewell literacy in 1911
Of the Sewells whose literacy was recorded, 77.8% could both read and write, 1.9% could read but not write, and 20.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 79.5% reading and writing against 76.2% 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.
Sewell common first names
The most common male names were John (10), William, William John, Alexander and David. For women it was Jane (7), followed by Elizabeth, Mary, Maggie and Margaret.
Sewell occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Sewell's census form was "Scholar"; 21.4% (36) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (7.1%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.8%), textile worker (4.8%) and retired / pensioner (3%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 7.1% of all Sewells, followed by retail & commerce, textiles & clothing and retired & pensioners.
What religion is Sewell?
Most Sewells, 54.2%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (20.8%), Methodist (9.5%), Presbyterian (8.9%) and Salvation Army (3.6%).
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Sewell statistics (1911)
Number: 168
Rank: 2,809
Average Age: 28
Sewellin the USA (2020)
Number: 21,368
Rank: 1,632
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
