Coveney family name history and map
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Coveney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 243 people named Coveney in Ireland; roughly one in every 18,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 124 men and 119 women.
Counties with Coveney in Ireland
The Coveneys were heavily concentrated in Cork, home to 95.9% of them (233 people). Next came Dublin (4), Waterford (4) and Donegal (2).
Coveney average age in 1911
The average Coveney in 1911 was 29.6 years old, 28.6 for men and 30.6 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.
Coveney literacy in 1911
Of the Coveneys whose literacy was recorded, 77.7% could both read and write, 2.2% could read but not write, and 19.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 79% reading and writing against 76.4% of 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.
Coveney common first names
The most common male names were John (18), Daniel, William, Denis and Jeremiah. For women it was Mary (28), followed by Catherine, Ellen, Hannah and Kate.
Coveney occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Coveney's census form was "Scholar"; 21.4% (52) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (7%), farmer (5.8%), domestic servant (4.9%) and dressmaker / milliner (2.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 8.2% of all Coveneys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Coveney?
Coveneys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 93.8% of them.
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Coveney statistics (1911)
Number: 243
Rank: 2,217
Average Age: 30
Coveney in the USA (2020)
Number: 684
Rank: 35,441
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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