Eaton family name history and map
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Eaton in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 424 people named Eaton in Ireland; roughly one in every 10,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 204 men and 219 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Eaton in Ireland
Antrim was Eaton country: 32.1% of them (136 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Donegal (61), Dublin (48), Derry (42) and Louth (22).
Eaton average age in 1911
The average Eaton in 1911 was 31.4 years old, 27.4 for men and 35.1 for women; slightly older 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.
Eaton literacy in 1911
Of the Eatons whose literacy was recorded, 81.2% could both read and write, 6% could read but not write, and 12.8% 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.
Eaton common first names
The most common male names were James (23), John, William, Thomas and Robert. For women it was Mary (23), followed by Annie, Margaret, Martha and Sarah.
Eaton occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Eaton's census form was "Scholar"; 21.5% (91) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.7%), general labourer (3.5%), textile worker (3.1%) and seamstress (2.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.3% of all Eatons, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and professional.
What religion is Eaton?
The largest religious group among Eatons was Presbyterian, at 46.5%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (29%), Anglican (20%) and Methodist (4.2%).
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Eaton statistics (1911)
Number: 424
Rank: 1,509
Average Age: 31
Eatonin the USA (2020)
Number: 44,833
Rank: 756
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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