Gault family name history and map
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Gault in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 661 people named Gault in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,600 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 337 men and 324 women.
Counties with Gault in Ireland
The Gaults were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 66.9% of them (442 people). Next came Derry (66), Down (51), Leitrim (32) and Tyrone (27).
Gault average age in 1911
The average Gault in 1911 was 27.7 years old, 27.4 for men and 28.0 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.
Gault literacy in 1911
Of the Gaults whose literacy was recorded, 81% could both read and write, 3.5% could read but not write, and 15.5% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 82.7% reading and writing against 79.2% 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.
Gault common first names
The most common male names were John (41), James, William, Robert and Thomas. For women it was Mary (23), followed by Jane, Sarah, Maggie and Elizabeth.
Gault occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Gault's census form was "Scholar"; 21.9% (145) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.4%), textile worker (6.2%), general labourer (4.1%) and farm labourer (3.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16% of all Gaults, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Gault?
Most Gaults, 58.4%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (30.1%), Roman Catholic (4.1%), Methodist (2.3%) and Congregationalist (1.8%).
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Gault statistics (1911)
Number: 661
Rank: 1,071
Average Age: 28
Gaultin the USA (2020)
Number: 5,829
Rank: 5,723
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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