Sage family name history and map
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Sage in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 80 people named Sage in Ireland; roughly one in every 55,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 42 men and 38 women.
Counties with Sage in Ireland
Waterford was Sage country: 43.8% of them (35 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tipperary (19), Dublin (14), Kildare (6) and Limerick (2).
Sage average age in 1911
The average Sage in 1911 was 27.0 years old, 24.1 for men and 30.2 for women; a touch 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.
Sage literacy in 1911
Of the Sages whose literacy was recorded, 86.1% could both read and write, 1.3% could read but not write, and 12.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 92.7% reading and writing against 78.9% 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.
Sage common first names
The most common male names were James (7), Joseph, Patrick, John and Thomas. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Mary Anne and Alice.
Sage occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Sage's census form was "Scholar"; 26.2% (21) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10%), carpenter / joiner (3.8%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.8%) and agent / manager (2.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.2% of all Sages, followed by building & construction, retail & commerce and domestic service.
What religion is Sage?
Sages were predominantly Roman Catholic (88.8%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (10%) and Presbyterian (1.2%).
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Sage statistics (1911)
Number: 80
Rank: 4,404
Average Age: 27
Sage in the USA (2020)
Number: 10,905
Rank: 3,228
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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