Tehan family name history
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Tehan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 142 people named Tehan in Ireland; roughly one in every 31,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 70 men and 72 women.
Counties with Tehan in Ireland
Tipperary was Tehan country: 38% of them (54 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Laois (23), Kerry (20), Kilkenny (14) and Dublin (8).
Tehan average age in 1911
The average Tehan in 1911 was 31.3 years old, 30.6 for men and 32.0 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.
Tehan literacy in 1911
Of the Tehans whose literacy was recorded, 80.1% could both read and write, 2.9% could read but not write, and 16.9% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.1% reading and writing against 77.5% 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.
Tehan common first names
The most common male names were John (17), Patrick, Denis, Michael and William. For women it was Mary (15), followed by Margaret, Anne, Annie and Bridget.
Tehan occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Tehans was farmer, 21.8% of them (31 people). Next came scholar / student (18.3%), domestic servant (3.5%), general labourer (3.5%) and farm labourer (2.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 26.1% of all Tehans, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Tehan?
Tehans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 95.8% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (4.2%).
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Tehan statistics (1911)
142 in Ireland
3,103 most common surname in Ireland
31 average age
Tehanin the USA (2020)
586 in USA (2020)
40,323 rank in USA (2020)
