Surname Maps for the Clarke Surname in Ireland

Census Surname Maps for the Clarke Surname

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Note that it is likely that some Ulster-Scots speakers reported that they only spoke Irish. Both censuses contained a question concerned with whether a person spoke Irish, English or both. No other languages were mentioned.

Irish and English Map for Clarke in 1901

Statistics

Surname Counts and Rankings

There were 13,684 with the surname Clarke in Ireland in 1901 and 14,063 in 1911.
This ranks the surname 26th in 1901 and 23rd in 1911.

Surname Count in Connacht in 1901: 2,220
Surname Ranking in Connacht in 1901: 28th

Surname Count in Leinster in 1901: 3,970
Surname Ranking in Leinster in 1901: 28th

Surname Count in Munster in 1901: 611
Surname Ranking in Munster in 1901: 295th

Surname Count in Ulster in 1901: 6,883
Surname Ranking in Ulster in 1901: 17th

Religion

Religion statistics for Clarke in 1901 - Catholic: 63%, Anglican: 18%, Presbyterian: 15%, Methodist: 2%, Other: 1%

Religion statistics for Clarke in 1911 - Catholic: 62%, Anglican: 19%, Presbyterian: 15%, Methodist: 2%, None / Not Given: 1%, Other: 1%

Surnames with a similar spelling as Clarke.

The numbers in brackets represent the number of people with the given surname in 1901. If the surname is followed by a zero then it only occured in the 1911 census.

Common surnames in areas where Clarke is also frequent:

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