Alcock family name history and map
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Alcock in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 231 people named Alcock in Ireland; roughly one in every 19,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 114 men and 117 women.
Counties with Alcock in Ireland
Cork was Alcock country: 26.4% of them (61 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (30), Carlow (28), Kildare (28) and Antrim (26).
Alcock average age in 1911
The average Alcock in 1911 was 29.4 years old, 29.1 for men and 29.7 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.
Alcock literacy in 1911
Of the Alcocks whose literacy was recorded, 81.4% could both read and write, 3.1% could read but not write, and 15.5% 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.
Alcock common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (13), John, Richard, William and Joseph. For women it was Elizabeth (7), followed by Mary, Annie, Kate and Margaret.
Alcock occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Alcock's census form was "Scholar"; 21.6% (50) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (4.8%), fisherman (4.3%), farm labourer (3.5%) and farmer (3.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 8.2% of all Alcocks, followed by general labourers, fishing and domestic service.
What religion is Alcock?
The largest religious group among Alcocks was Roman Catholic, at 49.4%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (46.8%), Presbyterian (2.2%) and Methodist (0.4%).
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Alcock statistics (1911)
Number: 231
Rank: 2,302
Average Age: 29
Alcock in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,252
Rank: 21,302
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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