Bateson family name history and map
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Bateson in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 88 people named Bateson in Ireland; roughly one in every 50,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 45 men and 41 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Bateson in Ireland
The Batesons were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 63.6% of them (56 people). Next came Derry (16), Dublin (8), Down (6) and Louth (1).
Bateson average age in 1911
The average Bateson in 1911 was 27.5 years old, 27.9 for men and 27.1 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.
Bateson literacy in 1911
Of the Batesons whose literacy was recorded, 82.3% could both read and write, 1.3% could read but not write, and 16.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 84.6% reading and writing against 80% 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.
Bateson common first names
The most common male names were James (9), Thomas, Joseph, Patrick and Robert. For women it was Sarah (5), followed by Jane, Mary, Bridget and Jessie.
Bateson occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bateson's census form was "Scholar"; 19.3% (17) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (10.2%), fisherman (9.1%), general labourer (6.8%) and farm labourer (4.5%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 12.5% of all Batesons, followed by fishing, general labourers and agriculture.
What religion is Bateson?
Most Batesons, 55.7%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (19.3%), Anglican (14.8%) and Methodist (4.5%).
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Bateson statistics (1911)
Number: 88
Rank: 4,179
Average Age: 28
Batesonin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,236
Rank: 21,548
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
