Pentland family name history and map
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Pentland in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 234 people named Pentland in Ireland; roughly one in every 19,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 111 men and 123 women.
Counties with Pentland in Ireland
Armagh was Pentland country: 44.9% of them (105 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (85), Antrim (18), Derry (8) and Louth (6).
Pentland average age in 1911
The average Pentland in 1911 was 26.7 years old, 26.0 for men and 27.3 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.
Pentland literacy in 1911
Of the Pentlands whose literacy was recorded, 78.3% could both read and write, 6.3% could read but not write, and 15.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 81.6% reading and writing against 75.4% 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.
Pentland common first names
The most common male names were William (9), John, Thomas, George and Joseph. For women it was Sarah (7), followed by Annie, Elizabeth, Minnie and Agnes.
Pentland occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Pentland's census form was "Scholar"; 23.9% (56) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (15.4%), farmer (6.4%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.3%) and general labourer (3.4%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 16.7% of all Pentlands, followed by agriculture, retail & commerce and general labourers.
What religion is Pentland?
Most Pentlands, 68.4%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Methodist (21.4%), Presbyterian (6.4%), Congregationalist (2.6%) and Protestant (0.9%).
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Pentland statistics (1911)
Number: 234
Rank: 2,276
Average Age: 27
Pentland in the USA (2020)
Number: 577
Rank: 40,800
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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