Aitken family name history
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Aitken in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 105 people named Aitken in Ireland; roughly one in every 42,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 58 women to 47 men.
Counties with Aitken in Ireland
Antrim was Aitken country: 36.2% of them (38 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (19), Galway (19), Dublin (6) and Kildare (6).
Aitken average age in 1911
The average Aitken in 1911 was 26.9 years old, 26.5 for men and 27.2 for women; noticeably 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.
Aitken literacy in 1911
Of the Aitkens whose literacy was recorded, 87.4% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 12.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 89.5% reading and writing against 84.8% 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.
Aitken common first names
The most common male names were James (8), Alexander, William, John and Adam. For women it was Margaret (4), followed by Sarah, Agnes, Jane and Catherine.
Aitken occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Aitken's census form was "Scholar"; 17.1% (18) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were other maker / factory worker (5.7%), teacher (3.8%), baker / confectioner (2.9%) and farmer (2.9%). Grouped by sector, manufacturing & trades accounted for 6.7% of all Aitkens, followed by agriculture, building & construction and professional.
What religion is Aitken?
Most Aitkens, 62.9%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (25.7%), Congregationalist (6.7%), Roman Catholic (1.9%) and Plymouth Brethren (1%).
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Aitken statistics (1911)
Number: 105
Rank: 3,735
Average Age: 27
Aitkenin the USA (2020)
Number: 4,169
Rank: 7,655
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
