Geddis family name history and map
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Geddis in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 431 people named Geddis in Ireland; roughly one in every 10,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 205 men and 225 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Geddis in Ireland
Antrim was Geddis country: 44.8% of them (193 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (139), Armagh (60), Fermanagh (11) and Tyrone (10).
Geddis average age in 1911
The average Geddis in 1911 was 26.9 years old, 27.0 for men and 26.9 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.
Geddis literacy in 1911
Of the Geddises whose literacy was recorded, 79.4% could both read and write, 4.8% could read but not write, and 15.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 81.2% reading and writing against 77.7% 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.
Geddis common first names
The most common male names were John (25), James, Thomas, William and Andrew. For women it was Mary (17), followed by Margaret, Sarah, Agnes and Annie.
Geddis occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Geddis's census form was "Scholar"; 19.5% (84) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.4%), textile worker (8.1%), farm labourer (4.4%) and seamstress (4.2%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 13.9% of all Geddises, followed by agriculture, general labourers and metal & engineering.
What religion is Geddis?
The largest religious group among Geddises was Anglican, at 40.4%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (38.1%), Methodist (10.2%), Roman Catholic (6.5%) and Baptist (1.4%).
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Geddis statistics (1911)
Number: 431
Rank: 1,492
Average Age: 27
Geddis in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,173
Rank: 22,483
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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