Croft family name history
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Croft in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 138 people named Croft in Ireland; roughly one in every 32,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 69 men and 69 women.
Counties with Croft in Ireland
Antrim was Croft country: 44.9% of them (62 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (48), Dublin (11), Cork (7) and Armagh (3).
Croft average age in 1911
The average Croft in 1911 was 25.5 years old, 23.7 for men and 27.2 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.
Croft literacy in 1911
Of the Crofts whose literacy was recorded, 86.6% could both read and write, 3% could read but not write, and 10.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 92.4% reading and writing against 80.9% 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.
Croft common first names
The most common male names were William (7), Henry, John, James and Joseph. For women it was Mary (10), followed by Margaret, Annie, Elizabeth and Jane.
Croft occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Croft's census form was "Scholar"; 16.7% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (8.7%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (5.1%), other maker / factory worker (4.3%) and clerk / office worker (3.6%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 11.6% of all Crofts, followed by retail & commerce, professional and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Croft?
Most Crofts, 62.3%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (16.7%), Roman Catholic (9.4%), Methodist (8.7%) and No Religion (2.2%).
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Croft statistics (1911)
138 in Ireland
3,158 most common surname in Ireland
26 average age
Croftin the USA (2020)
12,648 in USA (2020)
2,774 rank in USA (2020)
