Wishart family name history and map
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Wishart in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 76 people named Wishart in Ireland; roughly one in every 58,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 37 men and 39 women.
Counties with Wishart in Ireland
Down was Wishart country: 46.1% of them (35 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (21), Tyrone (15), Dublin (2) and Armagh (1).
Wishart average age in 1911
The average Wishart in 1911 was 24.9 years old, 24.1 for men and 25.6 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.
Wishart literacy in 1911
Of the Wisharts whose literacy was recorded, 79.7% could both read and write, 2.7% could read but not write, and 17.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.3% reading and writing against 76.3% 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.
Wishart common first names
The most common male names were James (6), Robert, George, John and David. For women it was Sarah (5), followed by Jessie, Mary, Alice and Agnes.
Wishart occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Wishart's census form was "Scholar"; 25% (19) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (17.1%), general labourer (5.3%), metal worker / engineer (5.3%) and farmer (3.9%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 17.1% of all Wisharts, followed by general labourers, metal & engineering and agriculture.
What religion is Wishart?
The largest religious group among Wisharts was Anglican, at 39.5%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (19.7%), Roman Catholic (11.8%), Baptist (10.5%) and Unitarian (10.5%).
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Wishart statistics (1911)
Number: 76
Rank: 4,540
Average Age: 25
Wishartin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,552
Rank: 17,756
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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