Badger family name history and map
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Badger in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 90 people named Badger in Ireland; roughly one in every 49,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 42 men and 48 women.
Counties with Badger in Ireland
Derry was Badger country: 44.4% of them (40 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Galway (30), Tyrone (15), Antrim (3) and Cork (1).
Badger average age in 1911
The average Badger in 1911 was 25.7 years old, 25.9 for men and 25.5 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.
Badger literacy in 1911
Of the Badgers whose literacy was recorded, 64.8% could both read and write, 8% could read but not write, and 27.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 69% reading and writing against 60.9% 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.
Badger common first names
The most common male names were John (5), Samuel, Thomas, Martin and Patrick. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Eliza, Lizzie, Maggie and Sarah.
Badger occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Badgers was farmer, 21.1% of them (19 people). Next came scholar / student (20%), domestic servant (4.4%), dressmaker / milliner (2.2%) and general labourer (2.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.1% of all Badgers, followed by domestic service, textiles & clothing and general labourers.
What religion is Badger?
Most Badgers, 51.1%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (35.6%), Protestant (10%), Anglican (2.2%) and Plymouth Brethren (1.1%).
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Badger statistics (1911)
Number: 90
Rank: 4,120
Average Age: 26
Badgerin the USA (2020)
Number: 7,728
Rank: 4,449
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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