Tuft family name history and map
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Tuft in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 74 people named Tuft in Ireland; roughly one in every 59,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 41 women to 33 men.
Counties with Tuft in Ireland
Antrim was Tuft country: 43.2% of them (32 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (31), Louth (8) and Armagh (3).
Tuft average age in 1911
The average Tuft in 1911 was 28.6 years old, 25.8 for men and 30.9 for women; a touch 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.
Tuft literacy in 1911
Of the Tufts whose literacy was recorded, 64.8% could both read and write, 7% could read but not write, and 28.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 66.7% reading and writing against 62.5% 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.
Tuft common first names
The most common male names were James (5), William, John, Robert and David. For women it was Mary (3), followed by Mary Jane, Sarah, Agnes and Annie.
Tuft occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Tuft's census form was "Scholar"; 23% (17) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.1%), general labourer (6.8%), farm labourer (5.4%) and seamstress (4.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.5% of all Tufts, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Tuft?
Most Tufts, 55.4%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (20.3%), Roman Catholic (16.2%) and Unitarian (8.1%).
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Tuft statistics (1911)
Number: 74
Rank: 4,607
Average Age: 29
Tuft in the USA (2020)
Number: 913
Rank: 27,882
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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