McGibbon family name history
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McGibbon in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 133 people named McGibbon 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 McGibbon in Ireland
Armagh was McGibbon country: 49.6% of them (66 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (39), Antrim (27) and Cork (1).
McGibbon average age in 1911
The average McGibbon in 1911 was 24.8 years old, 25.7 for men and 23.8 for women; noticeably younger 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.
McGibbon literacy in 1911
Of the McGibbons whose literacy was recorded, 83.2% could both read and write, 2.3% could read but not write, and 14.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 85.1% reading and writing against 81.2% 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.
McGibbon common first names
The most common male names were John (7), David, James, William and Patrick. For women it was Annie (7), followed by Mary, Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret.
McGibbon occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a McGibbon's census form was "Scholar"; 30.1% (40) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (10.5%), other maker / factory worker (3.8%), plasterer / slater / thatcher (3.8%) and porter / messenger (3.8%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 12.8% of all McGibbons, followed by building & construction, agriculture and transport.
What religion is McGibbon?
McGibbons were predominantly Roman Catholic (71.4%). The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (12%), Baptist (6%), Anglican (5.3%) and Methodist (5.3%).
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McGibbon statistics (1911)
Number: 133
Rank: 3,245
Average Age: 25
McGibbonin the USA (2020)
Number: 921
Rank: 27,704
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
