Weston family name history
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Weston in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 147 people named Weston in Ireland; roughly one in every 30,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 71 men and 75 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Weston in Ireland
Dublin was Weston country: 28.6% of them (42 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Laois (19), Cork (15), Tipperary (13) and Waterford (8).
Weston average age in 1911
The average Weston in 1911 was 27.9 years old, 26.9 for men and 28.8 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.
Weston literacy in 1911
Of the Westons whose literacy was recorded, 85.2% could both read and write, 4.4% could read but not write, and 10.4% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Weston common first names
The most common male names were John (11), William, James, Patrick and Thomas. For women it was Mary (12), followed by Ellen, Kate, Margaret and Anne.
Weston occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Weston's census form was "Scholar"; 25.2% (37) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.2%), farm labourer (5.4%), domestic servant (4.1%) and mason / bricklayer (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15% of all Westons, followed by domestic service, building & construction and retail & commerce.
What religion is Weston?
Most Westons, 66%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (25.2%), Methodist (4.1%) and Presbyterian (4.1%).
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Weston statistics (1911)
Number: 147
Rank: 3,033
Average Age: 28
Westonin the USA (2020)
Number: 24,628
Rank: 1,407
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
