Peacock family name history and map
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Peacock in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 255 people named Peacock in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 142 women to 113 men.
Counties with Peacock in Ireland
Antrim was Peacock country: 44.7% of them (114 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (42), Derry (32), Down (28) and Monaghan (14).
Peacock average age in 1911
The average Peacock in 1911 was 28.1 years old, 25.4 for men and 30.3 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.
Peacock literacy in 1911
Of the Peacocks whose literacy was recorded, 72.5% could both read and write, 8.1% could read but not write, and 19.5% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 76.3% reading and writing against 67.6% 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.
Peacock common first names
The most common male names were James (14), John, William, Samuel and Alexander. For women it was Mary (16), followed by Elizabeth, Sarah, Maggie and Agnes.
Peacock occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Peacock's census form was "Scholar"; 20.4% (52) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (6.7%), domestic servant (3.9%), farmer (2.7%) and no occupation / dependent (2.4%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 6.7% of all Peacocks, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and agriculture.
What religion is Peacock?
The largest religious group among Peacocks was Presbyterian, at 43.1%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (20.8%), Roman Catholic (17.3%), Methodist (5.5%) and Congregationalist (3.5%).
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Peacock statistics (1911)
Number: 255
Rank: 2,140
Average Age: 28
Peacockin the USA (2020)
Number: 20,726
Rank: 1,693
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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