Reck family name history and map
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Reck in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 72 people named Reck in Ireland; roughly one in every 61,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 42 men to 30 women.
Counties with Reck in Ireland
The Recks were heavily concentrated in Wexford, home to 80.6% of them (58 people). Next came Tipperary (8) and Dublin (6).
Reck average age in 1911
The average Reck in 1911 was 26.7 years old, 26.6 for men and 26.8 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.
Reck literacy in 1911
Of the Recks whose literacy was recorded, 69.4% could both read and write, 4.2% could read but not write, and 26.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 73.3% reading and writing against 66.7% 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.
Reck common first names
The most common male names were James (6), Michael, David, John and Patrick. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Catherine, Alice, Bridget and Elizabeth.
Reck occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Reck's census form was "Scholar"; 31.9% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (13.9%), farm labourer (6.9%), fisherman (5.6%) and retired / pensioner (4.2%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 13.9% of all Recks, followed by agriculture, fishing and retired & pensioners.
What religion is Reck?
Recks were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 97.2% of them.
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Reck statistics (1911)
Number: 72
Rank: 4,678
Average Age: 27
Reckin the USA (2020)
Number: 2,640
Rank: 11,409
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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