Cashen family name history and map
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Cashen in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 177 people named Cashen in Ireland; roughly one in every 25,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 86 men and 91 women.
Counties with Cashen in Ireland
Tipperary was Cashen country: 29.4% of them (52 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (37), Kildare (15), Galway (13) and Carlow (11).
Cashen average age in 1911
The average Cashen in 1911 was 29.2 years old, 27.9 for men and 30.5 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.
Cashen literacy in 1911
Of the Cashens whose literacy was recorded, 69% could both read and write, 3.4% could read but not write, and 27.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 70.8% reading and writing against 67.1% 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.
Cashen common first names
The most common male names were James (14), John, Patrick, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (21), followed by Margaret, Bridget, Ellen and Anne.
Cashen occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Cashen's census form was "Scholar"; 19.2% (34) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.6%), general labourer (6.2%), domestic servant (3.4%) and farm labourer (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.9% of all Cashens, followed by general labourers, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Cashen?
Cashens were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.4% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.6%).
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Cashen statistics (1911)
Number: 177
Rank: 2,707
Average Age: 29
Cashen in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,076
Rank: 24,261
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.