Finney family name history and map
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Finney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 177 people named Finney in Ireland; roughly one in every 25,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 84 men and 92 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Finney in Ireland
Antrim was Finney country: 36.2% of them (64 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (54), Dublin (16), Galway (16) and Donegal (6).
Finney average age in 1911
The average Finney in 1911 was 26.7 years old, 27.9 for men and 25.6 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.
Finney literacy in 1911
Of the Finneys whose literacy was recorded, 82.9% could both read and write, 4% could read but not write, and 13.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 85.5% reading and writing against 80.2% 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.
Finney common first names
The most common male names were James (7), John, Robert, William and Joseph. For women it was Jane (5), followed by Margaret, Elizabeth, Ellen and Mary.
Finney occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Finney's census form was "Scholar"; 28.8% (51) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (11.9%), farmer (9%), retired / pensioner (3.4%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.4%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 15.8% of all Finneys, followed by agriculture, retail & commerce and building & construction.
What religion is Finney?
Most Finneys, 53.7%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (32.2%), Roman Catholic (12.4%) and Plymouth Brethren (1.7%).
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Finney statistics (1911)
Number: 177
Rank: 2,707
Average Age: 27
Finney in the USA (2020)
Number: 16,215
Rank: 2,190
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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