Sherriff family name history and map
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Sherriff in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 54 people named Sherriff in Ireland; roughly one in every 81,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 28 men and 26 women.
Counties with Sherriff in Ireland
The Sherriffs were heavily concentrated in Cavan, home to 55.6% of them (30 people). Next came Down (13), Dublin (10) and Cork (1).
Sherriff average age in 1911
The average Sherriff in 1911 was 22.8 years old, 18.9 for men and 27.0 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.
Sherriff literacy in 1911
Of the Sherriffs whose literacy was recorded, 93.9% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 6.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 96% reading and writing against 91.7% 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.
Sherriff common first names
The most common male names were James (2), John, Thomas, Albert Edward and Cyril Claude. For women it was Ethel (2), followed by Margaret, Sarah, Annie and Charlotte Elizabeth.
Sherriff occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Sherriff's census form was "Scholar"; 44.4% (24) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were seamstress (5.6%), carpenter / joiner (3.7%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.7%) and agent / manager (1.9%). Grouped by sector, retail & commerce accounted for 5.6% of all Sherriffs, followed by textiles & clothing, building & construction and professional.
What religion is Sherriff?
The largest religious group among Sherriffs was Presbyterian, at 42.6%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (40.7%), Methodist (13%) and Lutheran (1.9%).
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Sherriff statistics (1911)
Number: 54
Rank: 5,519
Average Age: 23
Sherriff in the USA (2020)
Number: 518
Rank: 44,611
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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