Pyke family name history and map
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Pyke in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 95 people named Pyke in Ireland; roughly one in every 46,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 46 men and 48 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Pyke in Ireland
Tipperary was Pyke country: 27.4% of them (26 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (25), Offaly (20), Cork (8) and Antrim (5).
Pyke average age in 1911
The average Pyke in 1911 was 21.5 years old, 24.6 for men and 18.6 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.
Pyke literacy in 1911
Of the Pykes whose literacy was recorded, 82.8% could both read and write, 1.1% could read but not write, and 16.1% 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.
Pyke common first names
The most common male names were William (6), John, Edward, Thomas and George. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Margaret, Annie, Bridget and Catherine.
Pyke occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Pyke's census form was "Scholar"; 21.1% (20) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (12.6%), farmer (4.2%), no occupation / dependent (3.2%) and other maker / factory worker (3.2%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 12.6% of all Pykes, followed by agriculture, domestic service and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Pyke?
Most Pykes, 64.2%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (27.4%), Methodist (4.2%) and Presbyterian (1.1%).
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Pyke statistics (1911)
Number: 95
Rank: 3,992
Average Age: 22
Pykein the USA (2020)
Number: 1,076
Rank: 24,261
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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