Creighton family name history and map
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Creighton in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 799 people named Creighton in Ireland; roughly one in every 5,500 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 386 men and 410 women. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Creighton in Ireland
Antrim was Creighton country: 29.2% of them (233 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (116), Fermanagh (116), Dublin (61) and Tyrone (48).
Creighton average age in 1911
The average Creighton in 1911 was 27.9 years old, 28.5 for men and 27.3 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.
Creighton literacy in 1911
Of the Creightons whose literacy was recorded, 77% could both read and write, 4.7% could read but not write, and 18.3% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Creighton common first names
The most common male names were William (38), John, Thomas, James and Michael. For women it was Mary (42), followed by Annie, Sarah, Bridget and Elizabeth.
Creighton occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Creighton's census form was "Scholar"; 23.5% (188) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.3%), general labourer (5.4%), textile worker (4.5%) and farm labourer (3.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.5% of all Creightons, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Creighton?
The largest religious group among Creightons was Roman Catholic, at 32.8%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (31.7%), Presbyterian (28.2%), Unitarian (2.4%) and Congregationalist (1.3%).
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Creighton statistics (1911)
Number: 799
Rank: 940
Average Age: 28
Creighton in the USA (2020)
Number: 7,064
Rank: 4,847
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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