Sharp family name history
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Sharp in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 160 people named Sharp in Ireland; roughly one in every 27,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 84 men and 75 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Sharp in Ireland
Dublin was Sharp country: 27.5% of them (44 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (31), Down (27), Tyrone (23) and Armagh (7).
Sharp average age in 1911
The average Sharp in 1911 was 32.1 years old, 31.2 for men and 33.2 for women; slightly older 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.
Sharp literacy in 1911
Of the Sharps whose literacy was recorded, 81.8% could both read and write, 3.9% could read but not write, and 14.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 83.8% reading and writing against 79.7% 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.
Sharp common first names
The most common male names were James (12), John, William, Thomas and Frederick. For women it was Mary (8), followed by Elizabeth, Jane, Lizzie and Margaret.
Sharp occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Sharp's census form was "Scholar"; 17.5% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (5.6%), farm labourer (5.6%), sailor / dock worker (3.1%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 8.8% of all Sharps, followed by domestic service, retail & commerce and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Sharp?
The largest religious group among Sharps was Anglican, at 47.5%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (21.9%), Presbyterian (20%), Baptist (5%) and Methodist (4.4%).
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Sharp statistics (1911)
160 in Ireland
2,883 most common surname in Ireland
32 average age
Sharpin the USA (2020)
75,463 in USA (2020)
426 rank in USA (2020)
