Denton family name history and map
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Denton in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 71 people named Denton in Ireland; roughly one in every 62,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 38 men and 33 women.
Counties with Denton in Ireland
Wexford was Denton country: 40.8% of them (29 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (13), Cavan (8), Waterford (8) and Cork (5).
Denton average age in 1911
The average Denton in 1911 was 21.1 years old, 19.4 for men and 23.0 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.
Denton literacy in 1911
Of the Dentons whose literacy was recorded, 70.6% could both read and write, 2.9% could read but not write, and 26.5% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 78.8% reading and writing against 62.9% 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.
Denton common first names
The most common male names were John (7), Patrick, William, James and Thomas. For women it was Margaret (4), followed by Sarah, Mary, Julia and Kathleen.
Denton occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Denton's census form was "Scholar"; 28.2% (20) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (4.2%), farm labourer (4.2%), general labourer (2.8%) and other maker / factory worker (2.8%). Grouped by sector, domestic service accounted for 7% of all Dentons, followed by agriculture, general labourers and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Denton?
Dentons were predominantly Roman Catholic (78.9%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (14.1%) and Methodist (7%).
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Denton statistics (1911)
Number: 71
Rank: 4,725
Average Age: 21
Denton in the USA (2020)
Number: 26,745
Rank: 1,284
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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