Beston family name history and map
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Beston in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 55 people named Beston in Ireland; roughly one in every 80,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 26 men and 29 women.
Counties with Beston in Ireland
Tipperary was Beston country: 41.8% of them (23 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Waterford (12), Cork (6), Clare (4) and Limerick (4).
Beston average age in 1911
The average Beston in 1911 was 29.3 years old, 27.8 for men and 30.8 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.
Beston literacy in 1911
Of the Bestons whose literacy was recorded, 78.2% could both read and write, 3.6% could read but not write, and 18.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 79.3% reading and writing against 76.9% 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.
Beston common first names
The most common male names were John (9), Thomas, James, Micheal and Patrick. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Johanna, Margaret, Alice and Hannah.
Beston occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Bestons was farmer, 16.4% of them (9 people). Next came scholar / student (14.5%), domestic servant (9.1%), farm labourer (9.1%) and general labourer (3.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 25.5% of all Bestons, followed by domestic service, general labourers and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Beston?
Bestons were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.2% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.8%).
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Beston statistics (1911)
Number: 55
Rank: 5,461
Average Age: 29
Beston in the USA (2020)
Number: 406
Rank: 54,736
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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