Sawyer family name history and map
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Sawyer in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 51 people named Sawyer in Ireland; roughly one in every 86,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 27 men and 24 women.
Counties with Sawyer in Ireland
Laois was Sawyer country: 43.1% of them (22 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (9), Tipperary (6), Dublin (5) and Kildare (4).
Sawyer average age in 1911
The average Sawyer in 1911 was 29.5 years old, 23.5 for men and 35.8 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.
Sawyer literacy in 1911
Of the Sawyers whose literacy was recorded, 87.2% could both read and write, 2.1% could read but not write, and 10.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 95.8% reading and writing against 78.3% 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.
Sawyer common first names
The most common male names were John (3), George, Harry, Robert and William. For women it was Ellen (3), followed by Anne, Bridget, Margaret and Alice.
Sawyer occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Sawyer's census form was "Scholar"; 17.6% (9) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.7%), no occupation / dependent (3.9%), publican / hotel worker (3.9%) and carter / driver / groom (2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.7% of all Sawyers, followed by no occupation / dependent, professional and retail & commerce.
What religion is Sawyer?
Sawyers were predominantly Anglican (72.5%). The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (21.6%) and Presbyterian (2%).
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Sawyer statistics (1911)
Number: 51
Rank: 5,724
Average Age: 30
Sawyer in the USA (2020)
Number: 46,929
Rank: 718
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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