Watton family name history
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Watton in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 151 people named Watton in Ireland; roughly one in every 29,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 68 men and 83 women.
Counties with Watton in Ireland
Derry was Watton country: 42.4% of them (64 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (61), Down (17), Donegal (6) and Dublin (1).
Watton average age in 1911
The average Watton in 1911 was 23.9 years old, 23.3 for men and 24.3 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.
Watton literacy in 1911
Of the Wattons whose literacy was recorded, 74.7% could both read and write, 2.7% could read but not write, and 22.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 75.6% reading and writing against 73.5% 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.
Watton common first names
The most common male names were James (13), William, Thomas, Henry and John. For women it was Sarah (12), followed by Mary, Annie, Maggie and Margaret.
Watton occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Watton's census form was "Scholar"; 28.5% (43) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (9.3%), domestic servant (6%), farm labourer (6%) and farmer (2.6%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 9.3% of all Wattons, followed by agriculture, domestic service and transport.
What religion is Watton?
Most Wattons, 60.9%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (34.4%), Salvation Army (3.3%), Plymouth Brethren (0.7%) and Roman Catholic (0.7%).
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Watton statistics (1911)
151 in Ireland
2,984 most common surname in Ireland
24 average age
Wattonin the USA (2020)
693 in USA (2020)
35,059 rank in USA (2020)
