Spratt family name history and map
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Spratt in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 601 people named Spratt in Ireland; roughly one in every 7,300 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 311 men and 288 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Spratt in Ireland
Down was Spratt country: 31.6% of them (190 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (144), Fermanagh (43), Tyrone (41) and Dublin (31).
Spratt average age in 1911
The average Spratt in 1911 was 26.1 years old, 24.7 for men and 27.6 for women; noticeably 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.
Spratt literacy in 1911
Of the Spratts whose literacy was recorded, 77.7% could both read and write, 4% could read but not write, and 18.3% 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.
Spratt common first names
The most common male names were William (36), James, Thomas, John and Robert. For women it was Mary (24), followed by Sarah, Jane, Maggie and Annie.
Spratt occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Spratt's census form was "Scholar"; 22.1% (133) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8%), textile worker (5.3%), farm labourer (4.3%) and general labourer (3.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.1% of all Spratts, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Spratt?
The largest religious group among Spratts was Presbyterian, at 38.4%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (30.4%), Roman Catholic (20.5%), Methodist (3.2%) and Unitarian (2.3%).
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Spratt statistics (1911)
Number: 601
Rank: 1,166
Average Age: 26
Sprattin the USA (2020)
Number: 4,346
Rank: 7,394
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
