Sherwood family name history and map
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Sherwood in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 208 people named Sherwood in Ireland; roughly one in every 21,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 105 men and 101 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Sherwood in Ireland
Dublin was Sherwood country: 25% of them (52 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Meath (27), Westmeath (17), Wicklow (17) and Kildare (16).
Sherwood average age in 1911
The average Sherwood in 1911 was 30.4 years old, 28.5 for men and 32.4 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.
Sherwood literacy in 1911
Of the Sherwoods whose literacy was recorded, 88.1% could both read and write, 2.5% could read but not write, and 8.9% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 92% reading and writing against 84.3% 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.
Sherwood common first names
The most common male names were John (16), William, George, Joseph and Richard. For women it was Elizabeth (10), followed by Mary, Margaret, Sarah and Ann.
Sherwood occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Sherwood's census form was "Scholar"; 16.3% (34) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.1%), general labourer (4.8%), domestic servant (4.3%) and metal worker / engineer (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.5% of all Sherwoods, followed by domestic service, general labourers and metal & engineering.
What religion is Sherwood?
Sherwoods were predominantly Anglican (77.9%). The remainder were mostly Methodist (10.1%), Roman Catholic (9.6%) and Presbyterian (0.5%).
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Sherwood statistics (1911)
Number: 208
Rank: 2,441
Average Age: 30
Sherwood in the USA (2020)
Number: 20,857
Rank: 1,686
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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