Leighton family name history
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Leighton in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 149 people named Leighton in Ireland; roughly one in every 29,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 72 men and 76 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Leighton in Ireland
The Leightons were heavily concentrated in Derry, home to 55% of them (82 people). Next came Antrim (49), Mayo (10) and Down (8).
Leighton average age in 1911
The average Leighton in 1911 was 25.6 years old, 24.8 for men and 26.3 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.
Leighton literacy in 1911
Of the Leightons whose literacy was recorded, 79.6% could both read and write, 7.5% could read but not write, and 12.9% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.3% reading and writing against 76% 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.
Leighton common first names
The most common male names were John (12), James, Samuel, Robert and William. For women it was Mary (12), followed by Elizabeth, Maggie, Sarah and Annie.
Leighton occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Leighton's census form was "Scholar"; 22.8% (34) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (7.4%), metal worker / engineer (5.4%), seamstress (2.7%) and farmer (2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.7% of all Leightons, followed by textiles & clothing, metal & engineering and building & construction.
What religion is Leighton?
Most Leightons, 65.1%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (24.2%), Roman Catholic (7.4%), Methodist (2%) and Baptist (1.3%).
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Leighton statistics (1911)
Number: 149
Rank: 3,004
Average Age: 26
Leightonin the USA (2020)
Number: 7,868
Rank: 4,356
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
