Finucane family name history and map
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Finucane in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 384 people named Finucane in Ireland; roughly one in every 11,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 205 men and 178 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Finucane in Ireland
Kerry was Finucane country: 32.3% of them (124 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Clare (123), Limerick (54), Cork (43) and Dublin (17).
Finucane average age in 1911
The average Finucane in 1911 was 29.4 years old, 29.4 for men and 29.3 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Finucane literacy in 1911
Of the Finucanes whose literacy was recorded, 84% could both read and write, 2.1% could read but not write, and 13.8% 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.
Finucane common first names
The most common male names were John (41), James, Michael, Thomas and Patrick; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (38), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Ellen and Norah.
Finucane occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Finucane's census form was "Scholar"; 27.6% (106) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.6%), farm labourer (4.4%), general labourer (3.9%) and domestic servant (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19.3% of all Finucanes, followed by general labourers, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Finucane?
Finucanes were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.2% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.6%) and Protestant (0.3%).
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Finucane statistics (1911)
Number: 384
Rank: 1,625
Average Age: 29
Finucane in the USA (2020)
Number: 889
Rank: 28,526
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.