Lancaster family name history and map
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Lancaster in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 73 people named Lancaster in Ireland; roughly one in every 60,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 40 men and 33 women.
Counties with Lancaster in Ireland
Wexford was Lancaster country: 43.8% of them (32 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (11), Meath (9), Dublin (8) and Roscommon (5).
Lancaster average age in 1911
The average Lancaster in 1911 was 32.0 years old, 32.3 for men and 31.7 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.
Lancaster literacy in 1911
Of the Lancasters whose literacy was recorded, 95.9% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 4.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 100% reading and writing against 90.9% 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.
Lancaster common first names
The most common male names were James (5), John, Denis, John William and Martin. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Anne, Kate, Alice Blissett and Amelia Francis.
Lancaster occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Lancaster's census form was "Scholar"; 24.7% (18) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (16.4%), no occupation / dependent (5.5%), farm labourer (2.7%) and general labourer (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19.2% of all Lancasters, followed by no occupation / dependent, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Lancaster?
The largest religious group among Lancasters was Roman Catholic, at 46.6%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (38.4%), Presbyterian (13.7%) and Methodist (1.4%).
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Lancaster statistics (1911)
Number: 73
Rank: 4,636
Average Age: 32
Lancaster in the USA (2020)
Number: 31,286
Rank: 1,104
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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