Stanton family name history and map
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Stanton in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 917 people named Stanton in Ireland; roughly one in every 4,800 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 448 men and 468 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Stanton in Ireland
Mayo was Stanton country: 29.9% of them (274 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (256), Galway (102), Dublin (57) and Limerick (27).
Stanton average age in 1911
The average Stanton in 1911 was 29.3 years old, 28.9 for men and 29.7 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.
Stanton literacy in 1911
Of the Stantons whose literacy was recorded, 71.6% could both read and write, 4% could read but not write, and 24.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 73.3% reading and writing against 70.1% 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.
Stanton common first names
The most common male names were John (76), Thomas, Patrick, James and Michael; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (73), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Annie and Kate.
Stanton occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Stanton's census form was "Scholar"; 23.3% (214) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (17.7%), general labourer (3.8%), farm labourer (3.6%) and domestic servant (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.5% of all Stantons, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Stanton?
Stantons were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 90.7% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (6.1%), Methodist (0.9%), Presbyterian (0.9%) and Protestant (0.2%).
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Stanton statistics (1911)
Number: 917
Rank: 843
Average Age: 29
Stanton in the USA (2020)
Number: 34,407
Rank: 997
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
