Jenkins family name history and map
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Jenkins in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 772 people named Jenkins in Ireland; roughly one in every 5,700 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 382 men and 389 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Jenkins in Ireland
Antrim was Jenkins country: 45.7% of them (353 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (96), Cork (49), Armagh (47) and Down (45).
Jenkins average age in 1911
The average Jenkins in 1911 was 28.1 years old, 27.1 for men and 29.1 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.
Jenkins literacy in 1911
Of the Jenkinses whose literacy was recorded, 83.5% could both read and write, 3.4% could read but not write, and 13.2% 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.
Jenkins common first names
The most common male names were William (46), John, Robert, James and Samuel. For women it was Mary (31), followed by Margaret, Annie, Elizabeth and Jane.
Jenkins occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Jenkins's census form was "Scholar"; 21.8% (168) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (7.1%), general labourer (4.5%), farm labourer (4.3%) and domestic servant (3.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.4% of all Jenkinses, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Jenkins?
The largest religious group among Jenkinses was Presbyterian, at 31.1%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (29.3%), Roman Catholic (26.9%), Methodist (4.9%) and Congregationalist (4.5%).
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Jenkins statistics (1911)
Number: 772
Rank: 962
Average Age: 28
Jenkinsin the USA (2020)
Number: 213,644
Rank: 106
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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