McEntegart family name history and map
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McEntegart in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 210 people named McEntegart in Ireland; roughly one in every 21,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 120 men to 90 women.
Counties with McEntegart in Ireland
Louth was McEntegart country: 49.5% of them (104 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (35), Monaghan (29), Meath (18) and Dublin (17).
McEntegart average age in 1911
The average McEntegart in 1911 was 28.5 years old, 28.2 for men and 29.0 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.
McEntegart literacy in 1911
Of the McEntegarts whose literacy was recorded, 82.8% could both read and write, 3.9% could read but not write, and 13.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84.9% reading and writing against 81.2% 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.
McEntegart common first names
The most common male names were John (14), Thomas, James, Patrick and Owen. For women it was Mary (14), followed by Kate, Bridget, Maggie and Rose.
McEntegart occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a McEntegart's census form was "Scholar"; 26.2% (55) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (20%), general labourer (4.3%), farm labourer (3.3%) and domestic servant (1.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 23.8% of all McEntegarts, followed by general labourers, transport and domestic service.
What religion is McEntegart?
McEntegarts were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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McEntegart statistics (1911)
Number: 210
Rank: 2,423
Average Age: 29
McEntegart in the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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