Henehan family name history
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Henehan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 167 people named Henehan in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 96 women to 71 men.
Counties with Henehan in Ireland
Galway was Henehan country: 40.7% of them (68 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Mayo (58), Roscommon (23), Tipperary (10) and Longford (6).
Henehan average age in 1911
The average Henehan in 1911 was 28.6 years old, 26.2 for men and 30.3 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.
Henehan literacy in 1911
Of the Henehans whose literacy was recorded, 76.7% could both read and write, 1.8% could read but not write, and 21.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 81.2% reading and writing against 73.4% 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.
Henehan common first names
The most common male names were Martin (12), John, Patrick, Thomas and James. For women it was Mary (23), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Delia and Kate.
Henehan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Henehan's census form was "Scholar"; 26.3% (44) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (18.6%), general labourer (3%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3%) and farm labourer (1.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21% of all Henehans, followed by general labourers, retail & commerce and building & construction.
What religion is Henehan?
Henehans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.4% of them.
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Henehan statistics (1911)
Number: 167
Rank: 2,816
Average Age: 29
Henehanin the USA (2020)
Number: 537
Rank: 43,339
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
