Symington family name history
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Symington in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 166 people named Symington in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 79 men and 87 women.
Counties with Symington in Ireland
Armagh was Symington country: 28.9% of them (48 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Fermanagh (41), Down (31), Antrim (19) and Tyrone (10).
Symington average age in 1911
The average Symington in 1911 was 29.7 years old, 30.8 for men and 28.6 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Symington literacy in 1911
Of the Symingtons whose literacy was recorded, 82% could both read and write, 6.8% could read but not write, and 11.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.1% reading and writing against 81% 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.
Symington common first names
The most common male names were William (10), James, Robert, John and George. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Margaret, Martha, Catherine and Eliza.
Symington occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Symington's census form was "Scholar"; 16.3% (27) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.7%), farm labourer (7.8%), textile worker (4.8%) and domestic servant (3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.5% of all Symingtons, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and transport.
What religion is Symington?
The largest religious group among Symingtons was Anglican, at 42.2%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (30.7%), Roman Catholic (21.7%), Methodist (4.8%) and Baptist (0.6%).
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Symington statistics (1911)
Number: 166
Rank: 2,831
Average Age: 30
Symingtonin the USA (2020)
Number: 915
Rank: 27,837
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
