Graves family name history
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Graves in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 116 people named Graves in Ireland; roughly one in every 38,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 53 men and 62 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Graves in Ireland
Dublin was Graves country: 39.7% of them (46 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (12), Kerry (8), Wicklow (8) and Tipperary (6).
Graves average age in 1911
The average Graves in 1911 was 35.6 years old, 34.2 for men and 36.8 for women; noticeably 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.
Graves literacy in 1911
Of the Graveses whose literacy was recorded, 93.5% could both read and write, 0.9% could read but not write, and 5.6% 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.
Graves common first names
The most common male names were James (8), Thomas, William, Cecil A and Edward. For women it was Anne (5), followed by Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah and Annie.
Graves occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Graves's census form was "Scholar"; 13.8% (16) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (7.8%), clerk / office worker (5.2%), no occupation / dependent (5.2%) and retired / pensioner (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.3% of all Graveses, followed by clerical & administration, no occupation / dependent and professional.
What religion is Graves?
Most Graveses, 62.1%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (33.6%), Plymouth Brethren (0.9%), Presbyterian (0.9%) and Protestant (0.9%).
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Graves statistics (1911)
116 in Ireland
3,521 most common surname in Ireland
36 average age
Gravesin the USA (2020)
80,533 in USA (2020)
389 rank in USA (2020)
