Penny family name history
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Penny in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 166 people named Penny in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 85 men and 81 women.
Counties with Penny in Ireland
Antrim was Penny country: 38.6% of them (64 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (36), Down (21), Limerick (19) and Tipperary (10).
Penny average age in 1911
The average Penny in 1911 was 30.1 years old, 29.0 for men and 31.2 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.
Penny literacy in 1911
Of the Pennys whose literacy was recorded, 73.2% could both read and write, 5.5% could read but not write, and 21.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 76.2% reading and writing against 70% 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.
Penny common first names
The most common male names were James (16), William, John, Hugh and Alexander. For women it was Mary (8), followed by Elizabeth, Margaret, Annie and Jane.
Penny occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Penny's census form was "Scholar"; 12% (20) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (7.8%), textile worker (7.8%), farm labourer (6.6%) and farmer (5.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.3% of all Pennys, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Penny?
The largest religious group among Pennys was Roman Catholic, at 37.3%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (30.1%), Anglican (21.1%), Congregationalist (5.4%) and Unitarian (3%).
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Penny statistics (1911)
Number: 166
Rank: 2,831
Average Age: 30
Pennyin the USA (2020)
Number: 9,425
Rank: 3,670
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
