Wisdom family name history and map
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Wisdom in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 54 people named Wisdom in Ireland; roughly one in every 81,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 29 men and 25 women.
Counties with Wisdom in Ireland
Dublin was Wisdom country: 48.1% of them (26 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (10), Wicklow (8), Antrim (6) and Kildare (2).
Wisdom average age in 1911
The average Wisdom in 1911 was 25.1 years old, 24.2 for men and 26.2 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.
Wisdom literacy in 1911
Of the Wisdoms whose literacy was recorded, 90.4% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 9.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 92.6% reading and writing against 88% 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.
Wisdom common first names
The most common male names were John (2), William, Albert, Arthur James and Cecil Garnet. For women it was Annie (3), followed by Eliza, Ellen, Mary and Mary Jane.
Wisdom occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Wisdom's census form was "Scholar"; 24.1% (13) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (11.1%), clerk / office worker (5.6%), agent / manager (3.7%) and farm labourer (3.7%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 14.8% of all Wisdoms, followed by retail & commerce, agriculture and clerical & administration.
What religion is Wisdom?
The largest religious group among Wisdoms was Anglican, at 48.1%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (48.1%) and Presbyterian (3.7%).
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Wisdom statistics (1911)
Number: 54
Rank: 5,519
Average Age: 25
Wisdom in the USA (2020)
Number: 6,709
Rank: 5,065
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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