Kirke family name history
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Kirke in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 117 people named Kirke in Ireland; roughly one in every 38,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 55 men and 62 women.
Counties with Kirke in Ireland
Louth was Kirke country: 29.9% of them (35 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tyrone (23), Derry (16), Monaghan (11) and Down (7).
Kirke average age in 1911
The average Kirke in 1911 was 33.6 years old, 31.9 for men and 35.1 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.
Kirke literacy in 1911
Of the Kirkes whose literacy was recorded, 74.4% could both read and write, 3.4% could read but not write, and 22.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 78.2% reading and writing against 71% 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.
Kirke common first names
The most common male names were James (7), Patrick, Michael, Peter and Thomas. For women it was Mary (15), followed by Bridget, Maggie, Catherine and Annie.
Kirke occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Kirke's census form was "Scholar"; 23.9% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (18.8%), general labourer (3.4%), domestic servant (2.6%) and farm labourer (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 23.1% of all Kirkes, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retired & pensioners.
What religion is Kirke?
Kirkes were predominantly Roman Catholic (75.2%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (11.1%), Presbyterian (11.1%) and Methodist (2.6%).
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Kirke statistics (1911)
Number: 117
Rank: 3,501
Average Age: 34
Kirkein the USA (2020)
Number: 165
Rank: 113,026
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
