Gage family name history and map
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Gage in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 80 people named Gage in Ireland; roughly one in every 55,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 40 men and 38 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Gage in Ireland
Antrim was Gage country: 35% of them (28 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Derry (26), Dublin (8), Monaghan (7) and Cork (5).
Gage average age in 1911
The average Gage in 1911 was 38.3 years old, 38.2 for men and 39.0 for women; noticeably 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.
Gage literacy in 1911
Of the Gages whose literacy was recorded, 84.8% could both read and write, 3.8% could read but not write, and 11.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 92.5% reading and writing against 76.3% 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.
Gage common first names
The most common male names were James (7), John, Thomas, William and Conolly Marcus. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Margaret, Maria, Sarah and Anna.
Gage occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Gages was farmer, 8.8% of them (7 people). Next came general labourer (6.2%), scholar / student (6.2%), farm labourer (5%) and seamstress (5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.8% of all Gages, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and building & construction.
What religion is Gage?
The largest religious group among Gages was Anglican, at 47.5%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (45%) and Roman Catholic (6.2%).
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Gage statistics (1911)
Number: 80
Rank: 4,404
Average Age: 38
Gage in the USA (2020)
Number: 15,562
Rank: 2,285
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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