Franks family name history and map

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Franks in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded 57 people named Franks in Ireland; roughly one in every 77,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 27 men and 29 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)

Counties with Franks in Ireland

Dublin was Franks country: 38.6% of them (22 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kildare (10), Offaly (8), Laois (5) and Tipperary (4).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

Franks average age in 1911

The average Franks in 1911 was 35.5 years old, 27.2 for men and 43.1 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.

Franks literacy in 1911

Of the Frankses whose literacy was recorded, 80.8% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 19.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 92.3% reading and writing against 69.2% 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.

Franks common first names

The most common male names were John (2), Martin, Alexander G, Alexander Lumsden and Arthur. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Alice, Anne Eleanor, Catharine and Eleanor.

Franks occupations in 1911

Occupations were only recorded for a small share of Frankses. Among them were 3 recorded as no occupation / dependent, 3 at school, 3 recorded as shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer, 2 recorded as agent / manager and 2 recorded as housekeeper.

What religion is Franks?

Most Frankses, 59.6%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (31.6%) and Plymouth Brethren (1.8%).

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Franks statistics (1911)

Number: 57
Rank: 5,337
Average Age: 36

Franksin the USA (2020)

Number: 29,066
Rank: 1,186

Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero. 

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