Moffett family name history and map
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Moffett in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 613 people named Moffett in Ireland; roughly one in every 7,200 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 290 men and 323 women.
Counties with Moffett in Ireland
Antrim was Moffett country: 25.3% of them (155 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (124), Armagh (84), Tyrone (68) and Monaghan (45).
Moffett average age in 1911
The average Moffett in 1911 was 28.5 years old, 29.0 for men and 28.0 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.
Moffett literacy in 1911
Of the Moffetts whose literacy was recorded, 79.2% could both read and write, 4.4% could read but not write, and 16.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 80.3% reading and writing against 78% 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.
Moffett common first names
The most common male names were John (43), Robert, William, James and Thomas. For women it was Mary (20), followed by Sarah, Annie, Margaret and Jane.
Moffett occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Moffett's census form was "Scholar"; 18.6% (114) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.6%), textile worker (3.8%), farm labourer (3.1%) and general labourer (2.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16% of all Moffetts, followed by textiles & clothing, metal & engineering and general labourers.
What religion is Moffett?
Most Moffetts, 54.2%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (25.4%), Roman Catholic (12.1%), Methodist (3.6%) and Unitarian (1.6%).
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Moffett statistics (1911)
Number: 613
Rank: 1,148
Average Age: 29
Moffett in the USA (2020)
Number: 11,150
Rank: 3,156
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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