Keown family name history and map
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Keown in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 528 people named Keown in Ireland; roughly one in every 8,300 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 264 men and 264 women.
Counties with Keown in Ireland
Fermanagh was Keown country: 47% of them (248 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (144), Tyrone (51), Antrim (41) and Armagh (8).
Keown average age in 1911
The average Keown in 1911 was 31.3 years old, 30.5 for men and 32.0 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.
Keown literacy in 1911
Of the Keowns whose literacy was recorded, 76.9% could both read and write, 5% could read but not write, and 18.1% 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.
Keown common first names
The most common male names were John (33), James, Patrick, William and Francis. For women it was Mary (26), followed by Ellen, Jane, Margaret and Annie.
Keown occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Keown's census form was "Scholar"; 22.2% (117) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (22%), farm labourer (4%), general labourer (3%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 25.9% of all Keowns, followed by textiles & clothing, retail & commerce and general labourers.
What religion is Keown?
Most Keowns, 66.1%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (21.4%), Presbyterian (7.2%), Methodist (2.1%) and Unitarian (1.7%).
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Keown statistics (1911)
Number: 528
Rank: 1,298
Average Age: 31
Keown in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,854
Rank: 10,695
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.