Pugh family name history
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Pugh in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 114 people named Pugh in Ireland; roughly one in every 39,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 56 men and 55 women. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Pugh in Ireland
Dublin was Pugh country: 40.4% of them (46 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (20), Sligo (15), Cork (6) and Mayo (6).
Pugh average age in 1911
The average Pugh in 1911 was 30.0 years old, 28.7 for men and 31.3 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.
Pugh literacy in 1911
Of the Pughs whose literacy was recorded, 82.7% could both read and write, 4.8% could read but not write, and 12.5% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 86.3% reading and writing against 79.2% 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.
Pugh common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (6), John, Patrick, William and Edward. For women it was Bridget (6), followed by Mary, Elizabeth, Alice and Catherine.
Pugh occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Pugh's census form was "Scholar"; 21.9% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.6%), other maker / factory worker (5.3%), domestic servant (4.4%) and carter / driver / groom (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.4% of all Pughs, followed by domestic service, manufacturing & trades and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Pugh?
Pughs were predominantly Roman Catholic (74.6%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (16.7%) and Presbyterian (0.9%).
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Pugh statistics (1911)
Number: 114
Rank: 3,561
Average Age: 30
Pughin the USA (2020)
Number: 37,613
Rank: 914
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
