Wilkinson family name history and map
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Wilkinson in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 1,579 people named Wilkinson in Ireland, about 0.036% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 549th most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 740 men and 838 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Wilkinson in Ireland
Antrim was Wilkinson country: 30.1% of them (476 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (227), Dublin (151), Tyrone (122) and Donegal (87).
Wilkinson average age in 1911
The average Wilkinson in 1911 was 28.6 years old, 28.4 for men and 28.8 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.
Wilkinson literacy in 1911
Of the Wilkinsons whose literacy was recorded, 81.2% could both read and write, 3.4% could read but not write, and 15.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 82.1% reading and writing against 80.1% 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.
Wilkinson common first names
The most common male names were John (76), James, William, Robert and Thomas. For women it was Mary (71), followed by Elizabeth, Sarah, Margaret and Annie.
Wilkinson occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Wilkinson's census form was "Scholar"; 20.1% (317) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.1%), textile worker (3.7%), general labourer (3.2%) and domestic servant (2.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.4% of all Wilkinsons, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Wilkinson?
The largest religious group among Wilkinsons was Anglican, at 49.7%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (21.8%), Roman Catholic (17.2%), Unitarian (3.7%) and Methodist (2.2%).
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Wilkinson statistics (1911)
Number: 1,579
Rank: 549
Average Age: 29
Wilkinson in the USA (2020)
Number: 51,341
Rank: 646
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
