Legge family name history
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Legge in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 132 people named Legge in Ireland; roughly one in every 33,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 77 women to 54 men. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Legge in Ireland
Down was Legge country: 43.9% of them (58 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (38), Dublin (13), Kildare (10) and Wexford (4).
Legge average age in 1911
The average Legge in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 29.7 for men and 28.3 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.
Legge literacy in 1911
Of the Legges whose literacy was recorded, 88.8% could both read and write, 4% could read but not write, and 7.2% 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.
Legge common first names
The most common male names were John (9), William, Alexander, Robert and Arthur. For women it was Ellen (6), followed by Sarah, Mary, Annie and Kathleen.
Legge occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Legge's census form was "Scholar"; 20.5% (27) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (5.3%), farmer (4.5%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.5%) and clerk / office worker (3.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 6.8% of all Legges, followed by domestic service, general labourers and metal & engineering.
What religion is Legge?
The largest religious group among Legges was Presbyterian, at 47%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (28%), Anglican (8.3%), Plymouth Brethren (7.6%) and Congregationalist (6.8%).
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Legge statistics (1911)
Number: 132
Rank: 3,254
Average Age: 29
Leggein the USA (2020)
Number: 2,032
Rank: 14,183
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
