Duke family name history and map
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Duke in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 445 people named Duke in Ireland; roughly one in every 9,900 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 222 men and 223 women.
Counties with Duke in Ireland
Armagh was Duke country: 27.4% of them (122 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (71), Roscommon (70), Dublin (51) and Antrim (29).
Duke average age in 1911
The average Duke in 1911 was 31.8 years old, 30.1 for men and 33.6 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.
Duke literacy in 1911
Of the Dukes whose literacy was recorded, 86% could both read and write, 3% could read but not write, and 11% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Duke common first names
The most common male names were John (24), William, James, Robert and Thomas. For women it was Mary (20), followed by Annie, Jane, Margaret and Bridget.
Duke occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Duke's census form was "Scholar"; 19.3% (86) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (16.2%), general labourer (4.5%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.6%) and domestic servant (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.7% of all Dukes, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Duke?
The largest religious group among Dukes was Anglican, at 44.9%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (38.4%), Presbyterian (8.5%), Methodist (6.7%) and Non-Conformist (0.9%).
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Duke statistics (1911)
Number: 445
Rank: 1,459
Average Age: 32
Duke in the USA (2020)
Number: 33,324
Rank: 1,036
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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