Harcourt family name history and map
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Harcourt in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 82 people named Harcourt in Ireland; roughly one in every 54,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 37 men and 45 women.
Counties with Harcourt in Ireland
Dublin was Harcourt country: 34.1% of them (28 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (17), Armagh (12), Cork (9) and Antrim (7).
Harcourt average age in 1911
The average Harcourt in 1911 was 27.3 years old, 24.5 for men and 29.5 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.
Harcourt literacy in 1911
Of the Harcourts whose literacy was recorded, 88.9% could both read and write, 3.7% could read but not write, and 7.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 93.2% reading and writing against 83.8% 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.
Harcourt common first names
The most common male names were Joseph (4), John, Andrew, Denis and George. For women it was Elizabeth (3), followed by Margaret, Mary, Eliza Jane and Ellen.
Harcourt occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Harcourt's census form was "Scholar"; 28% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (7.3%), metal worker / engineer (6.1%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.9%) and textile worker (4.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11% of all Harcourts, followed by textiles & clothing, metal & engineering and retail & commerce.
What religion is Harcourt?
The largest religious group among Harcourts was Anglican, at 41.5%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (41.5%), Presbyterian (11%), Methodist (4.9%) and Non-Conformist (1.2%).
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Harcourt statistics (1911)
Number: 82
Rank: 4,352
Average Age: 27
Harcourt in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,113
Rank: 23,536
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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