Torney family name history
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Torney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 165 people named Torney in Ireland; roughly one in every 27,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 76 men and 89 women.
Counties with Torney in Ireland
Down was Torney country: 45.5% of them (75 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (58), Dublin (11), Donegal (7) and Westmeath (6).
Torney average age in 1911
The average Torney in 1911 was 31.7 years old, 33.1 for men and 30.4 for women; slightly older 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.
Torney literacy in 1911
Of the Torneys whose literacy was recorded, 85.5% could both read and write, 1.9% could read but not write, and 12.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 87.7% reading and writing against 83.7% 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.
Torney common first names
The most common male names were James (12), John, Thomas, Patrick and William. For women it was Mary (8), followed by Elizabeth, Annie, Catherine and Jane.
Torney occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Torney's census form was "Scholar"; 19.4% (32) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (10.3%), farmer (7.3%), farm labourer (4.8%) and seamstress (3.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.1% of all Torneys, followed by textiles & clothing, retail & commerce and general labourers.
What religion is Torney?
Most Torneys, 61.8%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (18.8%), Presbyterian (13.3%), Baptist (2.4%) and Methodist (1.8%).
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Torney statistics (1911)
Number: 165
Rank: 2,839
Average Age: 32
Torneyin the USA (2020)
Number: 418
Rank: 53,424
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
