Cotton family name history
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Cotton in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 129 people named Cotton in Ireland; roughly one in every 34,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 61 men and 68 women.
Cotton average age in 1911.
The average Cotton in 1911 was 32.9 years old, 34.0 for men and 31.9 for women; slightly older 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.
Cotton literacy in 1911.
Of the Cottons whose literacy was recorded, 85.6% could both read and write, 1.6% could read but not write, and 12.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 90.8% reading and writing against 80% 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.
The most common male names were John (7), Robert, Thomas, Philip and Edward. For women it was Sarah (5), followed by Mary, Doreen, Elizabeth and Jane.common first names.
The most common male names were John (7), Robert, Thomas, Philip and Edward. For women it was Sarah (5), followed by Mary, Doreen, Elizabeth and Jane.
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Cotton statistics (1911)
129 in Ireland
3306 most common surname in Ireland
33 average age
Cottonin the USA (2020)
31686 in USA (2020)
1085 rank in USA (2020)
