Dagg family name history
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Dagg in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 166 people named Dagg in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 80 men and 86 women.
Counties with Dagg in Ireland
Tipperary was Dagg country: 28.9% of them (48 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (44), Wicklow (18), Wexford (13) and Carlow (9).
Dagg average age in 1911
The average Dagg in 1911 was 29.0 years old, 26.9 for men and 31.1 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.
Dagg literacy in 1911
Of the Daggs whose literacy was recorded, 85.3% could both read and write, 1.8% could read but not write, and 12.9% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.2% reading and writing against 83.1% 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.
Dagg common first names
The most common male names were John (9), Thomas, William, George and Adam. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Catherine, Margaret, Annie and Frances.
Dagg occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Dagg's census form was "Scholar"; 20.5% (34) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.5%), general labourer (4.2%), clerk / office worker (3.6%) and farm labourer (3.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19.3% of all Daggs, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Dagg?
Daggs were predominantly Anglican (71.7%). The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (25.9%) and Presbyterian (0.6%).
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Dagg statistics (1911)
Number: 166
Rank: 2,831
Average Age: 29
Daggin the USA (2020)
Number: 535
Rank: 43,505
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
