Darcey family name history
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Darcey in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 129 people named Darcey in Ireland; roughly one in every 34,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 65 men and 64 women.
Counties with Darcey in Ireland
Galway was Darcey country: 26.4% of them (34 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Wexford (19), Dublin (13), Leitrim (13) and Carlow (12).
Darcey average age in 1911
The average Darcey in 1911 was 38.1 years old, 35.5 for men and 40.8 for women; noticeably 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.
Darcey literacy in 1911
Of the Darceys whose literacy was recorded, 72.6% could both read and write, 1.7% could read but not write, and 25.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 78% reading and writing against 67.2% 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.
Darcey common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (10), John, Thomas, James and Michael; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (12), followed by Bridget, Julia, Kate and Margaret.
Darcey occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Darceys was farmer, 20.9% of them (27 people). Next came scholar / student (10.9%), general labourer (5.4%), domestic servant (4.7%) and farm labourer (4.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 27.1% of all Darceys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and transport.
What religion is Darcey?
Darceys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.4% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.8%).
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Darcey statistics (1911)
Number: 129
Rank: 3,306
Average Age: 38
Darceyin the USA (2020)
Number: 664
Rank: 36,294
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
