Corkey family name history and map
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Corkey in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 54 people named Corkey in Ireland; roughly one in every 81,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 27 men and 27 women.
Counties with Corkey in Ireland
Armagh was Corkey country: 37% of them (20 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (12), Antrim (7), Kerry (6) and Dublin (3).
Corkey average age in 1911
The average Corkey in 1911 was 29.6 years old, 30.4 for men and 28.9 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Corkey literacy in 1911
Of the Corkeys whose literacy was recorded, 84.9% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 15.1% 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.
Corkey common first names
The most common male names were Robert (5), William, John, John Lillie and Alexander. For women it was Agnes (2), followed by Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary and Alice.
Corkey occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Corkey's census form was "Scholar"; 16.7% (9) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.3%), clergy / religious (5.6%), domestic servant (3.7%) and dressmaker / milliner (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 9.3% of all Corkeys, followed by professional, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Corkey?
Most Corkeys, 68.5%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (13%), Roman Catholic (11.1%), Methodist (5.6%) and Unitarian (1.9%).
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Corkey statistics (1911)
Number: 54
Rank: 5,519
Average Age: 30
Corkeyin the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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