Millett family name history and map

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Millett in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded 62 people named Millett in Ireland; roughly one in every 71,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 32 men and 30 women.

Counties with Millett in Ireland

Dublin was Millett country: 29% of them (18 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kilkenny (14), Tipperary (14), Galway (4) and Carlow (3).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

Millett average age in 1911

The average Millett in 1911 was 28.5 years old, 32.3 for men and 24.3 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.

Millett literacy in 1911

Of the Milletts whose literacy was recorded, 87.7% could both read and write, 1.8% could read but not write, and 10.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 89.7% reading and writing against 85.7% 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.

Millett common first names

The most common male names were Lawrence (3), Thomas, James, Mathew and Matthew. For women it was Margaret (2), followed by Rosanna, Sarah, Agnes and Agnes Maud.

Millett occupations in 1911

The most common entry on a Millett's census form was "Scholar"; 11.3% (7) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (6.5%), farmer (6.5%), domestic servant (4.8%) and retired / pensioner (4.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.1% of all Milletts, followed by building & construction, domestic service and retail & commerce.

What religion is Millett?

Milletts were predominantly Roman Catholic (75.8%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (21%) and Congregationalist (3.2%).

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Millett statistics (1911)

Number: 62
Rank: 5,082
Average Age: 29

Millett in the USA (2020)

Number: 3,597
Rank: 8,752

Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero. 

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