Welch family name history and map
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Welch in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 130 people named Welch in Ireland; roughly one in every 34,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 64 men and 64 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Welch in Ireland
Antrim was Welch country: 38.5% of them (50 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Derry (20), Down (20), Kilkenny (11) and Cork (10).
Welch average age in 1911
The average Welch in 1911 was 22.8 years old, 22.4 for men and 23.3 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.
Welch literacy in 1911
Of the Welches whose literacy was recorded, 77.8% could both read and write, 5.6% could read but not write, and 16.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 85.7% reading and writing against 69.8% 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.
Welch common first names
The most common male names were John (7), Edward, James, Robert and David. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Elizabeth, Catherine, Jane and Margaret.
Welch occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Welch's census form was "Scholar"; 25.4% (33) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (3.8%), general labourer (3.8%), textile worker (3.8%) and retired / pensioner (3.1%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 9.2% of all Welches, followed by domestic service, manufacturing & trades and general labourers.
What religion is Welch?
The largest religious group among Welches was Presbyterian, at 47.7%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (31.5%), Roman Catholic (18.5%) and Seventh Day Adventist (0.8%).
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Welch statistics (1911)
Number: 130
Rank: 3,284
Average Age: 23
Welchin the USA (2020)
Number: 103,903
Rank: 296
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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