Whitten family name history and map
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Whitten in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 237 people named Whitten in Ireland; roughly one in every 19,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 116 men and 121 women.
Counties with Whitten in Ireland
Armagh was Whitten country: 38.4% of them (91 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (50), Leitrim (26), Down (19) and Dublin (17).
Whitten average age in 1911
The average Whitten in 1911 was 26.9 years old, 27.1 for men and 26.6 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.
Whitten literacy in 1911
Of the Whittens whose literacy was recorded, 83.9% could both read and write, 1.7% could read but not write, and 13.9% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 86.7% reading and writing against 81.2% 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.
Whitten common first names
The most common male names were William (15), Robert, John, George and James. For women it was Elizabeth (8), followed by Jane, Sarah, Annie and Catherine.
Whitten occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Whitten's census form was "Scholar"; 26.2% (62) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.7%), textile worker (7.6%), mason / bricklayer (3%) and no occupation / dependent (2.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.5% of all Whittens, followed by textiles & clothing, building & construction and retail & commerce.
What religion is Whitten?
Most Whittens, 56.5%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (29.5%), Methodist (7.6%), Roman Catholic (3.4%) and Plymouth Brethren (1.7%).
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Whitten statistics (1911)
Number: 237
Rank: 2,258
Average Age: 27
Whittenin the USA (2020)
Number: 13,167
Rank: 2,672
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
