Dick family name history and map
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Dick in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 410 people named Dick in Ireland; roughly one in every 11,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 191 men and 217 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Dick in Ireland
The Dicks were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 52.2% of them (214 people). Next came Down (112), Dublin (24), Tyrone (21) and Fermanagh (17).
Dick average age in 1911
The average Dick in 1911 was 29.5 years old, 29.9 for men and 29.1 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.
Dick literacy in 1911
Of the Dicks whose literacy was recorded, 84.8% could both read and write, 3% could read but not write, and 12.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 86.8% reading and writing against 83% 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.
Dick common first names
The most common male names were John (25), William, James, Robert and Thomas. For women it was Mary (14), followed by Elizabeth, Lizzie, Margaret and Agnes.
Dick occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Dick's census form was "Scholar"; 18.3% (75) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.5%), textile worker (4.6%), teacher (2.7%) and domestic servant (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.4% of all Dicks, followed by textiles & clothing, professional and metal & engineering.
What religion is Dick?
Most Dicks, 66.6%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (12.9%), Methodist (10.5%), Roman Catholic (3.7%) and Plymouth Brethren (1.5%).
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Dick statistics (1911)
Number: 410
Rank: 1,553
Average Age: 30
Dick in the USA (2020)
Number: 18,994
Rank: 1,857
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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