Wilkins family name history and map
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Wilkins in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 95 people named Wilkins in Ireland; roughly one in every 46,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 49 men and 45 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Wilkins in Ireland
Dublin was Wilkins country: 28.4% of them (27 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (19), Cork (14), Tyrone (12) and Louth (7).
Wilkins average age in 1911
The average Wilkins in 1911 was 29.2 years old, 29.3 for men and 29.1 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Wilkins literacy in 1911
Of the Wilkinses whose literacy was recorded, 83.9% could both read and write, 1.1% could read but not write, and 15.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 91.7% reading and writing against 75.6% 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.
Wilkins common first names
The most common male names were James (3), William, Harry, Henry and Herbert John. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Margaret, Elizabeth, Ellen and Julia Harriet.
Wilkins occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Wilkins's census form was "Scholar"; 23.2% (22) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (6.3%), metal worker / engineer (5.3%), sailor / dock worker (3.2%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.2%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 6.3% of all Wilkinses, followed by metal & engineering, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Wilkins?
Most Wilkinses, 56.8%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (24.2%), Presbyterian (11.6%), Methodist (4.2%) and Agnostic (1.1%).
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Wilkins statistics (1911)
Number: 95
Rank: 3,992
Average Age: 29
Wilkinsin the USA (2020)
Number: 55,955
Rank: 586
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
