Ledger family name history and map
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Ledger in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 54 people named Ledger in Ireland; roughly one in every 81,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 31 women to 23 men.
Counties with Ledger in Ireland
Limerick was Ledger country: 33.3% of them (18 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (11), Wexford (9), Cork (5) and Dublin (5).
Ledger average age in 1911
The average Ledger in 1911 was 28.2 years old, 26.7 for men and 29.3 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.
Ledger literacy in 1911
Of the Ledgers whose literacy was recorded, 76.9% could both read and write, 5.8% could read but not write, and 17.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 83.3% reading and writing against 68.2% 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.
Ledger common first names
The most common male names were George (4), Aiden St, Alfred Olive, Brian Tate and Edward. For women it was Bridget (2), followed by Annie, Annis H, Beatrice and Beatrice May.
Ledger occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Ledger's census form was "Scholar"; 20.4% (11) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (7.4%), carpenter / joiner (3.7%), other maker / factory worker (3.7%) and teacher (3.7%). Grouped by sector, retail & commerce accounted for 7.4% of all Ledgers, followed by professional, agriculture and building & construction.
What religion is Ledger?
The largest religious group among Ledgers was Anglican, at 48.1%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (40.7%), Methodist (9.3%) and Congregationalist (1.9%).
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Ledger statistics (1911)
Number: 54
Rank: 5,519
Average Age: 28
Ledgerin the USA (2020)
Number: 2,083
Rank: 13,883
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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