Whitty family name history and map
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Whitty in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 724 people named Whitty in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,100 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 354 men and 369 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Whitty in Ireland
The Whittys were heavily concentrated in Wexford, home to 63% of them (456 people). Next came Dublin (109), Waterford (61), Wicklow (39) and Kilkenny (14).
Whitty average age in 1911
The average Whitty in 1911 was 31.2 years old, 32.0 for men and 30.5 for women; slightly older 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.
Whitty literacy in 1911
Of the Whittys whose literacy was recorded, 78.1% could both read and write, 3.8% could read but not write, and 17.9% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 79.3% reading and writing against 76.9% 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.
Whitty common first names
The most common male names were John (58), James, Patrick, William and Thomas. For women it was Mary (62), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Elizabeth and Ellen.
Whitty occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Whitty's census form was "Scholar"; 17.8% (129) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.8%), farm labourer (6.6%), general labourer (5.9%) and domestic servant (4.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19.5% of all Whittys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Whitty?
Whittys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 94.1% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (4.4%) and Methodist (0.1%).
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Whitty statistics (1911)
Number: 724
Rank: 1,008
Average Age: 31
Whittyin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,439
Rank: 18,902
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
