Pettit family name history
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Pettit in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 150 people named Pettit in Ireland; roughly one in every 29,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 75 men and 74 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Pettit in Ireland
Wexford was Pettit country: 30.7% of them (46 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Longford (26), Galway (22), Westmeath (18) and Offaly (9).
Pettit average age in 1911
The average Pettit in 1911 was 34.1 years old, 32.1 for men and 36.3 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.
Pettit literacy in 1911
Of the Pettits whose literacy was recorded, 83% could both read and write, 2.7% could read but not write, and 14.3% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Pettit common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (13), John, James, Patrick and Nicholas. For women it was Mary (15), followed by Bridget, Kate, Ellen and Margaret.
Pettit occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Pettits was farmer, 29.3% of them (44 people). Next came scholar / student (11.3%), farm labourer (3.3%), general labourer (3.3%) and teacher (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 32.7% of all Pettits, followed by professional, general labourers and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is Pettit?
Pettits were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.7% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.7%).
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Pettit statistics (1911)
Number: 150
Rank: 2,996
Average Age: 34
Pettitin the USA (2020)
Number: 18,281
Rank: 1,930
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
