Teahan family name history and map
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Teahan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 334 people named Teahan in Ireland; roughly one in every 13,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 162 men and 171 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Teahan in Ireland
The Teahans were heavily concentrated in Kerry, home to 96.7% of them (323 people). Next came Tipperary (6), Cork (4) and Offaly (1).
Teahan average age in 1911
The average Teahan in 1911 was 24.7 years old, 24.0 for men and 25.3 for women; noticeably 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.
Teahan literacy in 1911
Of the Teahans whose literacy was recorded, 62.5% could both read and write, 1.3% could read but not write, and 36% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 64.2% reading and writing against 60.4% 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.
Teahan common first names
The most common male names were John (29), Michael, Patrick, Denis and Timothy. For women it was Mary (39), followed by Margaret, Bridget, Julia and Ellen.
Teahan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Teahan's census form was "Scholar"; 21.9% (73) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (16.8%), domestic servant (3%), general labourer (3%) and farm labourer (2.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.9% of all Teahans, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Teahan?
Teahans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 95.2% of them.
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Teahan statistics (1911)
Number: 334
Rank: 1,777
Average Age: 25
Teahan in the USA (2020)
Number: 403
Rank: 55,082
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.