Ginn family name history
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Ginn in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 116 people named Ginn in Ireland; roughly one in every 38,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 55 men and 61 women.
Counties with Ginn in Ireland
Antrim was Ginn country: 30.2% of them (35 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Fermanagh (23), Down (19), Tyrone (11) and Cork (10).
Ginn average age in 1911
The average Ginn in 1911 was 29.5 years old, 30.7 for men and 28.5 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.
Ginn literacy in 1911
Of the Ginns whose literacy was recorded, 87.4% could both read and write, 2.7% could read but not write, and 9.9% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Ginn common first names
The most common male names were William (10), James, John, Samuel and Arthur. For women it was Margaret (4), followed by Mary, Eliza, Annie and Elizabeth.
Ginn occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Ginn's census form was "Scholar"; 24.1% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (6%), general labourer (3.4%), mason / bricklayer (3.4%) and metal worker / engineer (3.4%). Grouped by sector, building & construction accounted for 8.6% of all Ginns, followed by retail & commerce, textiles & clothing and agriculture.
What religion is Ginn?
Most Ginns, 59.5%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Methodist (23.3%), Presbyterian (7.8%), Roman Catholic (3.4%) and Christadelphian (1.7%).
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Ginn statistics (1911)
116 in Ireland
3,521 most common surname in Ireland
30 average age
Ginnin the USA (2020)
7,590 in USA (2020)
4,540 rank in USA (2020)
