Wilkie family name history and map
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Wilkie in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 147 people named Wilkie in Ireland; roughly one in every 30,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 77 men and 70 women.
Counties with Wilkie in Ireland
Donegal was Wilkie country: 48.3% of them (71 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (20), Down (13), Cork (10) and Kildare (10).
Wilkie average age in 1911
The average Wilkie in 1911 was 28.1 years old, 27.1 for men and 29.3 for women; a touch 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.
Wilkie literacy in 1911
Of the Wilkies whose literacy was recorded, 88.9% could both read and write, 2.1% could read but not write, and 9% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 90.9% reading and writing against 86.6% 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.
Wilkie common first names
The most common male names were James (8), Robert, John, Thomas and William. For women it was Margaret (6), followed by Mary, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Annie.
Wilkie occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Wilkie's census form was "Scholar"; 22.4% (33) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.9%), carpenter / joiner (2.7%), clerk / office worker (2.7%) and domestic servant (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.3% of all Wilkies, followed by domestic service, building & construction and clerical & administration.
What religion is Wilkie?
The largest religious group among Wilkies was Presbyterian, at 44.9%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (35.4%) and Roman Catholic (19.7%).
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Wilkie statistics (1911)
Number: 147
Rank: 3,033
Average Age: 28
Wilkiein the USA (2020)
Number: 6,705
Rank: 5,069
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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