Foote family name history
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Foote in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 111 people named Foote in Ireland; roughly one in every 40,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 63 women to 48 men.
Counties with Foote in Ireland
Antrim was Foote country: 27.9% of them (31 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (27), Cork (20), Mayo (15) and Armagh (6).
Foote average age in 1911
The average Foote in 1911 was 27.1 years old, 25.6 for men and 28.1 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.
Foote literacy in 1911
Of the Footes whose literacy was recorded, 81.1% could both read and write, 2.8% could read but not write, and 16% 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.
Foote common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (5), William, John, Robert and Edward. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Margaret, Bridget, Elizabeth and Sarah.
Foote occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Foote's census form was "Scholar"; 18.9% (21) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (5.4%), domestic servant (4.5%), dressmaker / milliner (4.5%) and metal worker / engineer (3.6%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 9.9% of all Footes, followed by agriculture, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Foote?
Most Footes, 55.9%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (32.4%), Presbyterian (5.4%), Congregationalist (3.6%) and Methodist (2.7%).
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Foote statistics (1911)
Number: 111
Rank: 3,615
Average Age: 27
Footein the USA (2020)
Number: 15,702
Rank: 2,254
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
