Turtle family name history and map
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Turtle in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 273 people named Turtle in Ireland; roughly one in every 16,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 129 men and 144 women.
Counties with Turtle in Ireland
The Turtles were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 79.1% of them (216 people). Next came Down (31), Louth (16), Tyrone (5) and Wicklow (3).
Turtle average age in 1911
The average Turtle in 1911 was 28.6 years old, 29.3 for men and 28.0 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.
Turtle literacy in 1911
Of the Turtles whose literacy was recorded, 80.7% could both read and write, 4.4% could read but not write, and 14.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 82.8% reading and writing against 78.9% 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.
Turtle common first names
The most common male names were John (21), William, James, Samuel and Francis. For women it was Mary (17), followed by Annie, Lizzie, Jane and Agnes.
Turtle occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Turtle's census form was "Scholar"; 16.5% (45) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.6%), textile worker (5.9%), general labourer (4.4%) and farm labourer (4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.9% of all Turtles, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Turtle?
Most Turtles, 58.6%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (21.6%), Methodist (8.8%), Roman Catholic (6.2%) and Quaker (4.8%).
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Turtle statistics (1911)
Number: 273
Rank: 2,051
Average Age: 29
Turtlein the USA (2020)
Number: 417
Rank: 53,526
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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