Perkins family name history and map
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Perkins in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 261 people named Perkins in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 118 men and 139 women. (A small number, 4, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Perkins in Ireland
Dublin was Perkins country: 44.8% of them (117 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tipperary (35), Kildare (25), Galway (21) and Wicklow (18).
Perkins average age in 1911
The average Perkins in 1911 was 25.4 years old, 26.1 for men and 24.7 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.
Perkins literacy in 1911
Of the Perkinses whose literacy was recorded, 78.4% could both read and write, 2.8% could read but not write, and 18.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 82.8% reading and writing against 74% 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.
Perkins common first names
The most common male names were William (13), John, Thomas, James and Michael. For women it was Mary (16), followed by Ellen, Bridget, Elizabeth and Anne.
Perkins occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Perkins's census form was "Scholar"; 21.8% (57) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.3%), domestic servant (3.8%), metal worker / engineer (2.7%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (1.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.1% of all Perkinses, followed by domestic service, metal & engineering and transport.
What religion is Perkins?
Perkinses were predominantly Roman Catholic (70.9%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (21.5%), Methodist (3.1%) and Presbyterian (1.1%).
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Perkins statistics (1911)
Number: 261
Rank: 2,104
Average Age: 25
Perkinsin the USA (2020)
Number: 126,147
Rank: 235
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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