Wakefield family name history and map
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Wakefield in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 78 people named Wakefield in Ireland; roughly one in every 56,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 37 men and 40 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Wakefield in Ireland
Cork was Wakefield country: 29.5% of them (23 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (20), Galway (18), Westmeath (5) and Donegal (3).
Wakefield average age in 1911
The average Wakefield in 1911 was 32.9 years old, 33.2 for men and 32.6 for women; slightly 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.
Wakefield literacy in 1911
Of the Wakefields whose literacy was recorded, 89.3% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 10.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 92.3% reading and writing against 86.1% 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.
Wakefield common first names
The most common male names were John (5), Thomas, Charles, Edward and Frederick. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Ellen, Jane, Elizabeth and Kathleen.
Wakefield occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Wakefield's census form was "Scholar"; 17.9% (14) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.8%), maid (3.8%), agent / manager (2.6%) and carpenter / joiner (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.8% of all Wakefields, followed by domestic service, retail & commerce and building & construction.
What religion is Wakefield?
Wakefields were predominantly Anglican (71.8%). The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (24.4%) and Methodist (2.6%).
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Wakefield statistics (1911)
Number: 78
Rank: 4,470
Average Age: 33
Wakefield in the USA (2020)
Number: 14,049
Rank: 2,504
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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