Draper family name history and map
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Draper in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 201 people named Draper in Ireland; roughly one in every 22,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 105 men and 95 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Draper in Ireland
Cork was Draper country: 44.8% of them (90 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (55), Tipperary (19), Longford (13) and Waterford (11).
Draper average age in 1911
The average Draper in 1911 was 25.9 years old, 25.3 for men and 26.5 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.
Draper literacy in 1911
Of the Drapers whose literacy was recorded, 76.9% could both read and write, 1.5% could read but not write, and 21.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 80% reading and writing against 74% 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.
Draper common first names
The most common male names were John (13), Richard, William, James and Thomas. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Annie, Lizzie, Martha and Sarah.
Draper occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Draper's census form was "Scholar"; 17.9% (36) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.4%), general labourer (5.5%), clerk / office worker (3%) and domestic servant (2.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.9% of all Drapers, followed by general labourers, domestic service and clerical & administration.
What religion is Draper?
Drapers were predominantly Anglican (70.6%). The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (24.9%), Baptist (3.5%) and Methodist (0.5%).
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Draper statistics (1911)
Number: 201
Rank: 2,504
Average Age: 26
Draperin the USA (2020)
Number: 23,360
Rank: 1,492
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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