Prentice family name history and map
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Prentice in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 204 people named Prentice in Ireland; roughly one in every 22,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 100 men and 104 women.
Counties with Prentice in Ireland
Down was Prentice country: 34.8% of them (71 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (46), Armagh (30), Fermanagh (22) and Tyrone (14).
Prentice average age in 1911
The average Prentice in 1911 was 29.9 years old, 28.4 for men and 31.3 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Prentice literacy in 1911
Of the Prentices whose literacy was recorded, 84.7% could both read and write, 3.1% could read but not write, and 12.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 87.9% reading and writing against 81.4% 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.
Prentice common first names
The most common male names were William (12), James, Thomas, Robert and George. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah and Maggie.
Prentice occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Prentice's census form was "Scholar"; 19.1% (39) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.3%), textile worker (6.9%), farm labourer (4.9%) and general labourer (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.7% of all Prentices, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and metal & engineering.
What religion is Prentice?
The largest religious group among Prentices was Anglican, at 41.2%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (24%), Roman Catholic (14.2%), Methodist (13.7%) and Moravian (3.4%).
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Prentice statistics (1911)
Number: 204
Rank: 2,481
Average Age: 30
Prenticein the USA (2020)
Number: 7,631
Rank: 4,520
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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