Durney family name history
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Durney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 133 people named Durney in Ireland; roughly one in every 33,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 68 men and 65 women.
Counties with Durney in Ireland
Kilkenny was Durney country: 49.6% of them (66 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Waterford (16), Tipperary (15), Dublin (9) and Roscommon (9).
Durney average age in 1911
The average Durney in 1911 was 31.2 years old, 27.9 for men and 34.7 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.
Durney literacy in 1911
Of the Durneys whose literacy was recorded, 72.6% could both read and write, 2.4% could read but not write, and 25% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 75% reading and writing against 70.3% 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.
Durney common first names
The most common male names were James (10), John, Michael, Thomas and David. For women it was Mary (12), followed by Margaret, Bridget, Catherine and Ellen.
Durney occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Durneys was farmer, 12.8% of them (17 people). Next came scholar / student (12.8%), general labourer (9%), farm labourer (5.3%) and domestic servant (3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.8% of all Durneys, followed by general labourers, domestic service and professional.
What religion is Durney?
Durneys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 94% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.8%).
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Durney statistics (1911)
Number: 133
Rank: 3,245
Average Age: 31
Durneyin the USA (2020)
Number: 641
Rank: 37,363
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
