Mortland family name history and map
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Mortland in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 51 people named Mortland in Ireland; roughly one in every 86,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 32 men to 19 women.
Counties with Mortland in Ireland
Donegal was Mortland country: 45.1% of them (23 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tyrone (21), Antrim (4) and Mayo (3).
Mortland average age in 1911
The average Mortland in 1911 was 24.5 years old, 25.4 for men and 22.9 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.
Mortland literacy in 1911
Of the Mortlands whose literacy was recorded, 82.4% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 17.6% could do neither. 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.
Mortland common first names
The most common male names were Robert (5), Thomas, Samuel, James and John. For women it was Lizzie (2), followed by Mary, Matilda, Anne Jane and Annie.
Mortland occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Mortland's census form was "Scholar"; 31.4% (16) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (19.6%), farm labourer (7.8%), general labourer (2%) and other maker / factory worker (2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 27.5% of all Mortlands, followed by general labourers, manufacturing & trades and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Mortland?
Most Mortlands, 51%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (29.4%), Roman Catholic (15.7%) and Methodist (3.9%).
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Mortland statistics (1911)
Number: 51
Rank: 5,724
Average Age: 25
Mortland in the USA (2020)
Number: 443
Rank: 50,912
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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