Sergeant family name history and map
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Sergeant in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 57 people named Sergeant in Ireland; roughly one in every 77,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 32 women to 24 men. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Sergeant in Ireland
The Sergeants were heavily concentrated in Armagh, home to 52.6% of them (30 people). Next came Down (11), Cork (5), Waterford (4) and Antrim (3).
Sergeant average age in 1911
The average Sergeant in 1911 was 29.7 years old, 31.0 for men and 28.7 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.
Sergeant literacy in 1911
Of the Sergeants whose literacy was recorded, 76.9% could both read and write, 3.8% could read but not write, and 19.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 78.6% reading and writing against 75% of men. 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.
Sergeant common first names
The most common male names were Joseph (4), John, Robert John, Thomas and William. For women it was Annie (2), followed by Maggie, Margaret Anne, Mary Jane and Sarah Jane.
Sergeant occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Sergeants was textile worker, 28.1% of them (16 people). Next came farmer (14%), scholar / student (12.3%), cook (3.5%) and farm labourer (3.5%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 28.1% of all Sergeants, followed by agriculture, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Sergeant?
Most Sergeants, 63.2%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Methodist (15.8%), Roman Catholic (14%), Congregationalist (1.8%) and Presbyterian (1.8%).
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Sergeant statistics (1911)
Number: 57
Rank: 5,337
Average Age: 30
Sergeant in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,386
Rank: 19,505
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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