Gracey family name history and map
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Gracey in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 659 people named Gracey in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,700 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 312 men and 346 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Gracey in Ireland
Down was Gracey country: 46.7% of them (308 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (180), Antrim (133), Dublin (15) and Tyrone (11).
Gracey average age in 1911
The average Gracey in 1911 was 28.8 years old, 27.3 for men and 30.2 for women; a touch 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.
Gracey literacy in 1911
Of the Graceys whose literacy was recorded, 79% could both read and write, 5.4% could read but not write, and 15.5% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Gracey common first names
The most common male names were John (39), James, William, Thomas and Robert. For women it was Mary (34), followed by Jane, Annie, Elizabeth and Sarah.
Gracey occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Gracey's census form was "Scholar"; 22.3% (147) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.3%), textile worker (6.5%), general labourer (3.6%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.6%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 10% of all Graceys, followed by agriculture, retail & commerce and general labourers.
What religion is Gracey?
Most Graceys, 52.8%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (17.9%), Methodist (13.5%), Roman Catholic (10.9%) and Unitarian (2.3%).
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Gracey statistics (1911)
Number: 659
Rank: 1,077
Average Age: 29
Gracey in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,012
Rank: 14,307
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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