Brookes family name history and map
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Brookes in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 106 people named Brookes in Ireland; roughly one in every 41,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 59 men to 47 women.
Counties with Brookes in Ireland
Cork was Brookes country: 25.5% of them (27 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (13), Laois (11), Wexford (11) and Antrim (10).
Brookes average age in 1911
The average Brookes in 1911 was 32.9 years old, 30.3 for men and 36.1 for women; slightly 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.
Brookes literacy in 1911
Of the Brookeses whose literacy was recorded, 87.6% could both read and write, 1% could read but not write, and 11.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 89.4% reading and writing against 86.2% 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.
Brookes common first names
The most common male names were John (8), Richard, Edward, Joseph and William. For women it was Elizabeth (3), followed by Margaret, Mary, Sarah and Anne.
Brookes occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Brookeses was farmer, 7.5% of them (8 people). Next came scholar / student (7.5%), farm labourer (6.6%), general labourer (5.7%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15.1% of all Brookeses, followed by domestic service, retail & commerce and general labourers.
What religion is Brookes?
The largest religious group among Brookeses was Methodist, at 42.5%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (28.3%), Anglican (25.5%), Presbyterian (1.9%) and Baptist (0.9%).
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Brookes statistics (1911)
Number: 106
Rank: 3,718
Average Age: 33
Brookesin the USA (2020)
Number: 2,183
Rank: 13,352
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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