Surgeoner family name history and map
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Surgeoner in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 86 people named Surgeoner in Ireland; roughly one in every 51,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 50 women to 36 men.
Counties with Surgeoner in Ireland
The Surgeoners were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 90.7% of them (78 people). Next came Derry (8).
Surgeoner average age in 1911
The average Surgeoner in 1911 was 24.5 years old, 24.1 for men and 24.8 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.
Surgeoner literacy in 1911
Of the Surgeoners whose literacy was recorded, 65.9% could both read and write, 2.4% could read but not write, and 31.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 69.4% reading and writing against 63.3% 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.
Surgeoner common first names
The most common male names were Robert (6), David, James, Samuel and Alexander. For women it was Elizabeth (7), followed by Sarah, Annie, Henretta and Isabella.
Surgeoner occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Surgeoner's census form was "Scholar"; 19.8% (17) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (8.1%), general labourer (4.7%), clerk / office worker (3.5%) and domestic servant (3.5%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 8.1% of all Surgeoners, followed by agriculture, general labourers and clerical & administration.
What religion is Surgeoner?
Most Surgeoners, 53.5%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (30.2%), Methodist (11.6%) and Congregationalist (4.7%).
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Surgeoner statistics (1911)
Number: 86
Rank: 4,237
Average Age: 25
Surgeoner in the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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