Gilfillan family name history
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Gilfillan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 147 people named Gilfillan in Ireland; roughly one in every 30,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 86 women to 61 men.
Counties with Gilfillan in Ireland
Derry was Gilfillan country: 42.2% of them (62 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Donegal (30), Antrim (22), Down (14) and Leitrim (8).
Gilfillan average age in 1911
The average Gilfillan in 1911 was 30.9 years old, 25.4 for men and 34.8 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.
Gilfillan literacy in 1911
Of the Gilfillans whose literacy was recorded, 91.5% could both read and write, 2.8% could read but not write, and 5.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 95.3% reading and writing against 85.7% 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.
Gilfillan common first names
The most common male names were James (9), Thomas, David, John and Albert. For women it was Elizabeth (9), followed by Annie, Sarah, Martha and Mary.
Gilfillan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Gilfillan's census form was "Scholar"; 19% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.2%), no occupation / dependent (4.1%), blacksmith / smith (2%) and clerk / office worker (2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.2% of all Gilfillans, followed by no occupation / dependent, textiles & clothing and professional.
What religion is Gilfillan?
Most Gilfillans, 68.7%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Congregationalist (12.2%), Anglican (10.9%) and Roman Catholic (6.8%).
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Gilfillan statistics (1911)
Number: 147
Rank: 3,033
Average Age: 31
Gilfillanin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,189
Rank: 22,223
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
