Cairn's family name history
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Cairn's in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 1,438 people named Cairn's in Ireland, about 0.033% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 593rd most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 695 men and 742 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Cairn's in Ireland
Antrim was Cairn's country: 41.8% of them (601 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (414), Tyrone (128), Derry (124) and Dublin (49).
Cairn's average age in 1911
The average Cairn's in 1911 was 27.0 years old, 26.9 for men and 27.1 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.
Cairn's literacy in 1911
Of the Cairn'ses whose literacy was recorded, 79.5% could both read and write, 4.5% could read but not write, and 16% 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.
Cairn's common first names
The most common male names were John (73), James, William, Thomas and Robert. For women it was Mary (50), followed by Elizabeth, Sarah, Margaret and Annie.
Cairn's occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Cairn's's census form was "Scholar"; 20.1% (289) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (10.1%), farmer (5.8%), general labourer (5.4%) and farm labourer (3.3%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 13.6% of all Cairn'ses, followed by agriculture, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Cairn's?
The largest religious group among Cairn'ses was Anglican, at 43.3%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (34.6%), Roman Catholic (12.9%), Methodist (5.5%) and Plymouth Brethren (0.8%).
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Cairn's statistics (1911)
Number: 1,438
Rank: 593
Average Age: 27
Cairn'sin the USA (2020)
Number: 4,945
Rank: 6,575
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
