Cobain family name history
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Cobain in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 130 people named Cobain in Ireland; roughly one in every 34,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 70 men and 59 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Cobain in Ireland
The Cobains were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 82.3% of them (107 people). Next came Down (14) and Tyrone (9).
Cobain average age in 1911
The average Cobain in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 26.5 for men and 31.7 for women; a touch 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.
Cobain literacy in 1911
Of the Cobains whose literacy was recorded, 80.6% could both read and write, 2.3% could read but not write, and 17.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.9% reading and writing against 75.7% 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.
Cobain common first names
The most common male names were Robert (11), James, William, John and Samuel. For women it was Annie (9), followed by Elizabeth, Mary, Agnes and Jane.
Cobain occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Cobain's census form was "Scholar"; 19.2% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (10.8%), general labourer (4.6%), carpenter / joiner (3.8%) and farmer (3.8%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 13.1% of all Cobains, followed by agriculture, building & construction and general labourers.
What religion is Cobain?
Cobains were predominantly Presbyterian (71.5%). The remainder were mostly Methodist (15.4%), Anglican (9.2%) and Unitarian (3.8%).
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Cobain statistics (1911)
Number: 130
Rank: 3,284
Average Age: 29
Cobainin the USA (2020)
Number: 147
Rank: 123,144
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
