McCarney family name history and map
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McCarney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 368 people named McCarney in Ireland; roughly one in every 12,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 192 men and 176 women.
Counties with McCarney in Ireland
Tyrone was McCarney country: 45.7% of them (168 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Monaghan (87), Fermanagh (54), Dublin (20) and Cavan (16).
McCarney average age in 1911
The average McCarney in 1911 was 31.4 years old, 31.8 for men and 30.9 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.
McCarney literacy in 1911
Of the McCarneys whose literacy was recorded, 69% could both read and write, 6.4% could read but not write, and 24.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 73.1% reading and writing against 65.3% of men. 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.
McCarney common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (27), John, James, Michael and Owen. For women it was Bridget (26), followed by Catherine, Mary, Ellen and Mary Anne.
McCarney occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among McCarneys was farmer, 19.6% of them (72 people). Next came scholar / student (15.8%), farm labourer (5.7%), general labourer (4.1%) and domestic servant (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 26.1% of all McCarneys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is McCarney?
McCarneys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.2% of them. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (0.5%) and Anglican (0.3%).
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McCarney statistics (1911)
Number: 368
Rank: 1,672
Average Age: 31
McCarneyin the USA (2020)
Number: 706
Rank: 34,555
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
