Muldowney family name history and map
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Muldowney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 388 people named Muldowney in Ireland; roughly one in every 11,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 191 men and 197 women.
Counties with Muldowney in Ireland
Mayo was Muldowney country: 30.2% of them (117 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kilkenny (79), Laois (72), Dublin (57) and Kildare (17).
Muldowney average age in 1911
The average Muldowney in 1911 was 27.9 years old, 27.5 for men and 28.4 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.
Muldowney literacy in 1911
Of the Muldowneys whose literacy was recorded, 72.6% could both read and write, 2.7% could read but not write, and 24.7% 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.
Muldowney common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (39), Michael, James, John and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (49), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Catherine and Ellen.
Muldowney occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Muldowney's census form was "Scholar"; 24.5% (95) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (18.3%), domestic servant (3.9%), general labourer (3.1%) and farm labourer (1.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.1% of all Muldowneys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Muldowney?
Muldowneys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99% of them.
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Muldowney statistics (1911)
Number: 388
Rank: 1,611
Average Age: 28
Muldowney in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,163
Rank: 22,630
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.