Moffit family name history
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Moffit in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 121 people named Moffit in Ireland; roughly one in every 36,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 67 men to 54 women.
Counties with Moffit in Ireland
Roscommon was Moffit country: 33.9% of them (41 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tyrone (20), Fermanagh (12), Antrim (11) and Cork (9).
Moffit average age in 1911
The average Moffit in 1911 was 34.3 years old, 31.0 for men and 38.2 for women; noticeably 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.
Moffit literacy in 1911
Of the Moffits whose literacy was recorded, 77.7% could both read and write, 4.1% could read but not write, and 18.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 88.9% reading and writing against 68.7% 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.
Moffit common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (10), James, John, Patrick and William. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Bridget, Eliza Jane, Sarah and Annie.
Moffit occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Moffits was farmer, 30.6% of them (37 people). Next came scholar / student (22.3%), farm labourer (2.5%), no occupation / dependent (2.5%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 33.1% of all Moffits, followed by textiles & clothing, no occupation / dependent and retail & commerce.
What religion is Moffit?
Most Moffits, 56.2%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (17.4%), Anglican (15.7%) and Methodist (10.7%).
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Moffit statistics (1911)
121 in Ireland
3,440 most common surname in Ireland
34 average age
Moffitin the USA (2020)
1,246 in USA (2020)
21,381 rank in USA (2020)
