Ditty family name history
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Ditty in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 118 people named Ditty in Ireland; roughly one in every 37,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 65 men to 53 women.
Counties with Ditty in Ireland
Derry was Ditty country: 45.8% of them (54 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (42), Down (20), Fermanagh (1) and Tyrone (1).
Ditty average age in 1911
The average Ditty in 1911 was 29.2 years old, 27.2 for men and 31.5 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.
Ditty literacy in 1911
Of the Dittys whose literacy was recorded, 77.6% could both read and write, 6.9% could read but not write, and 15.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 82.5% reading and writing against 71.7% 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.
Ditty common first names
The most common male names were David (6), Samuel, James, John and William. For women it was Sarah (9), followed by Margaret, Martha, Mary Ann and Ellen Jane.
Ditty occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Ditty's census form was "Scholar"; 24.6% (29) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (16.9%), textile worker (9.3%), metal worker / engineer (5.9%) and no occupation / dependent (5.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.6% of all Dittys, followed by textiles & clothing, metal & engineering and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is Ditty?
The largest religious group among Dittys was Presbyterian, at 33.9%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (32.2%), Methodist (15.3%), Seventh Day Adventist (14.4%) and Baptist (2.5%).
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Ditty statistics (1911)
118 in Ireland
3,483 most common surname in Ireland
29 average age
Dittyin the USA (2020)
1,078 in USA (2020)
24,212 rank in USA (2020)
