Crook family name history and map
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Crook in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 66 people named Crook in Ireland; roughly one in every 67,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 36 women to 27 men. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Crook in Ireland
Dublin was Crook country: 34.8% of them (23 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (17), Derry (6), Kildare (5) and Antrim (4).
Crook average age in 1911
The average Crook in 1911 was 24.0 years old, 19.6 for men and 27.1 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.
Crook literacy in 1911
Of the Crooks whose literacy was recorded, 81.2% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 18.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 83.3% reading and writing against 80.8% 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.
Crook common first names
The most common male names were William (3), John, Robert, Sims and Alfred Benjamin. For women it was Emily Jane (2), followed by Ethel, Hilda Florence, Louisa and Minnie.
Crook occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Crook's census form was "Scholar"; 24.2% (16) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (9.1%), domestic servant (4.5%), dressmaker / milliner (3%) and carter / driver / groom (1.5%). Grouped by sector, retail & commerce accounted for 9.1% of all Crooks, followed by domestic service, professional and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Crook?
Most Crooks, 62.1%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (15.2%), Methodist (10.6%), Congregationalist (3%) and Non-Conformist (3%).
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Crook statistics (1911)
Number: 66
Rank: 4,897
Average Age: 24
Crook in the USA (2020)
Number: 13,742
Rank: 2,568
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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