Cuffe family name history and map
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Cuffe in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 454 people named Cuffe in Ireland; roughly one in every 9,700 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 226 men and 226 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Cuffe in Ireland
Mayo was Cuffe country: 30.8% of them (140 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (53), Cork (50), Roscommon (39) and Waterford (32).
Cuffe average age in 1911
The average Cuffe in 1911 was 30.2 years old, 28.6 for men and 31.9 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.
Cuffe literacy in 1911
Of the Cuffes whose literacy was recorded, 77.3% could both read and write, 3.2% could read but not write, and 19.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 78.5% reading and writing against 75.9% 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.
Cuffe common first names
The most common male names were John (39), James, Patrick, Michael and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (43), followed by Bridget, Ellen, Kate and Annie.
Cuffe occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Cuffe's census form was "Scholar"; 19.2% (87) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.8%), farm labourer (4.8%), general labourer (4.2%) and domestic servant (3.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.7% of all Cuffes, followed by domestic service, general labourers and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is Cuffe?
Cuffes were predominantly Roman Catholic (87.7%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (10.4%) and Baptist (0.2%).
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Cuffe statistics (1911)
Number: 454
Rank: 1,435
Average Age: 30
Cuffe in the USA (2020)
Number: 676
Rank: 35,764
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
