Pitt family name history
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Pitt in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 134 people named Pitt in Ireland; roughly one in every 33,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 66 men and 67 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Pitt in Ireland
Wexford was Pitt country: 33.6% of them (45 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (26), Dublin (17), Antrim (12) and Derry (10).
Pitt average age in 1911
The average Pitt in 1911 was 29.4 years old, 29.5 for men and 29.3 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.
Pitt literacy in 1911
Of the Pitts whose literacy was recorded, 74.8% could both read and write, 3.1% could read but not write, and 22% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 80.6% reading and writing against 69.2% 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.
Pitt common first names
The most common male names were John (15), William, James, Thomas and Patrick. For women it was Elizabeth (9), followed by Sarah, Annie, Martha and Eleanor.
Pitt occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Pitt's census form was "Scholar"; 24.6% (33) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (6%), general labourer (4.5%), sailor / dock worker (4.5%) and domestic servant (3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 8.2% of all Pitts, followed by domestic service, retail & commerce and transport.
What religion is Pitt?
The largest religious group among Pitts was Anglican, at 41%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (33.6%), Presbyterian (19.4%), Methodist (3%) and Quaker (0.7%).
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Pitt statistics (1911)
134 in Ireland
3,222 most common surname in Ireland
29 average age
Pittin the USA (2020)
8,510 in USA (2020)
4,052 rank in USA (2020)
