Lyttle family name history and map
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Lyttle in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 1,033 people named Lyttle in Ireland, about 0.024% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 766th most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 538 men and 495 women.
Counties with Lyttle in Ireland
Antrim was Lyttle country: 37.2% of them (384 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (209), Armagh (147), Derry (98) and Tyrone (76).
Lyttle average age in 1911
The average Lyttle in 1911 was 26.8 years old, 26.2 for men and 27.4 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.
Lyttle literacy in 1911
Of the Lyttles whose literacy was recorded, 77.4% could both read and write, 4.6% could read but not write, and 18% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 79.6% reading and writing against 75% 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.
Lyttle common first names
The most common male names were John (65), James, William, Samuel and Thomas. For women it was Mary (38), followed by Annie, Sarah, Elizabeth and Margaret.
Lyttle occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Lyttle's census form was "Scholar"; 22.5% (232) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (8.4%), farmer (8.1%), general labourer (4%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 10.6% of all Lyttles, followed by agriculture, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Lyttle?
The largest religious group among Lyttles was Presbyterian, at 44.2%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (36.5%), Roman Catholic (8%), Methodist (5.3%) and Moravian (1.3%).
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Lyttle statistics (1911)
Number: 1,033
Rank: 766
Average Age: 27
Lyttle in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,108
Rank: 13,749
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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