Atchison family name history and map
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Atchison in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 130 people named Atchison in Ireland; roughly one in every 34,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 64 men and 66 women.
Counties with Atchison in Ireland
Down was Atchison country: 31.5% of them (41 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Derry (30), Tyrone (26), Antrim (23) and Donegal (5).
Atchison average age in 1911
The average Atchison in 1911 was 28.6 years old, 25.7 for men and 31.4 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.
Atchison literacy in 1911
Of the Atchisons whose literacy was recorded, 82.7% could both read and write, 3.1% could read but not write, and 14.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84.6% reading and writing against 80.6% 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.
Atchison common first names
The most common male names were James (7), Robert, Samuel, Hugh and John. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Jane, Elizabeth, Sarah and Agnes.
Atchison occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Atchison's census form was "Scholar"; 17.7% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (6.9%), textile worker (6.9%), farmer (6.2%) and seamstress (3.1%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 12.3% of all Atchisons, followed by agriculture, general labourers and professional.
What religion is Atchison?
Most Atchisons, 60%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (25.4%), Roman Catholic (10%), Baptist (3.1%) and No Religion (0.8%).
Atchison statistics (1911)
Number: 130
Rank: 3,284
Average Age: 29
Atchison in the USA (2020)
Number: 7,640
Rank: 4,519
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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