Darling family name history and map
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Darling in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 193 people named Darling in Ireland; roughly one in every 23,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 87 men and 105 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Darling in Ireland
Dublin was Darling country: 38.9% of them (75 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (24), Fermanagh (18), Armagh (17) and Down (10).
Darling average age in 1911
The average Darling in 1911 was 26.1 years old, 26.1 for men and 26.2 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.
Darling literacy in 1911
Of the Darlings whose literacy was recorded, 77.5% could both read and write, 4.3% could read but not write, and 18.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 81.4% reading and writing against 72.9% 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.
Darling common first names
The most common male names were James (7), William, John, Thomas and Patrick. For women it was Mary (11), followed by Elizabeth, Alice, Ellen and Kathleen.
Darling occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Darling's census form was "Scholar"; 17.6% (34) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were other maker / factory worker (6.2%), domestic servant (4.7%), farmer (4.7%) and no occupation / dependent (3.1%). Grouped by sector, manufacturing & trades accounted for 7.8% of all Darlings, followed by agriculture, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Darling?
The largest religious group among Darlings was Anglican, at 43%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (36.8%), Presbyterian (11.9%), Plymouth Brethren (4.1%) and Methodist (2.6%).
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Darling statistics (1911)
Number: 193
Rank: 2,556
Average Age: 26
Darlingin the USA (2020)
Number: 18,195
Rank: 1,934
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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