Vickers family name history and map
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Vickers in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 155 people named Vickers in Ireland; roughly one in every 28,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 83 men and 72 women.
Counties with Vickers in Ireland
Wicklow was Vickers country: 42.6% of them (66 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (36), Tipperary (9), Donegal (8) and Kilkenny (7).
Vickers average age in 1911
The average Vickers in 1911 was 24.8 years old, 24.2 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.
Vickers literacy in 1911
Of the Vickerses whose literacy was recorded, 71.5% could both read and write, 5.3% could read but not write, and 23.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 74.1% reading and writing against 68.6% 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.
Vickers common first names
The most common male names were James (11), Patrick, John, William and Edward. For women it was Mary (8), followed by Alice, Margaret, Bridget and Catherine.
Vickers occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Vickers's census form was "Scholar"; 18.1% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (4.5%), farmer (3.9%), domestic servant (3.2%) and farm labourer (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 7.1% of all Vickerses, followed by general labourers, domestic service and transport.
What religion is Vickers?
Vickerses were predominantly Roman Catholic (78.1%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (16.8%), Methodist (1.9%), Non-Conformist (1.3%) and Presbyterian (1.3%).
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Vickers statistics (1911)
Number: 155
Rank: 2,945
Average Age: 25
Vickersin the USA (2020)
Number: 21,083
Rank: 1,668
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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