Barclay family name history and map
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Barclay in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 295 people named Barclay in Ireland; roughly one in every 15,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 172 women to 123 men.
Counties with Barclay in Ireland
Antrim was Barclay country: 34.2% of them (101 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (65), Tyrone (27), Donegal (26) and Derry (24).
Barclay average age in 1911
The average Barclay in 1911 was 32.2 years old, 32.8 for men and 31.8 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.
Barclay literacy in 1911
Of the Barclays whose literacy was recorded, 91.5% could both read and write, 1.8% could read but not write, and 6.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 93.3% reading and writing against 90.2% 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.
Barclay common first names
The most common male names were James (17), John, Robert, William and George. For women it was Elizabeth (15), followed by Mary, Lizzie, Isabella and Maggie.
Barclay occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Barclays was farmer, 16.3% of them (48 people). Next came scholar / student (15.9%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (5.4%), seamstress (3.7%) and farm labourer (3.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19.7% of all Barclays, followed by textiles & clothing, retail & commerce and general labourers.
What religion is Barclay?
Most Barclays, 59.7%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (27.8%), Roman Catholic (8.8%), Methodist (2.4%) and Plymouth Brethren (0.7%).
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Barclay statistics (1911)
Number: 295
Rank: 1,938
Average Age: 32
Barclay in the USA (2020)
Number: 11,206
Rank: 3,136
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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