Adrain family name history
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Adrain in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 115 people named Adrain in Ireland; roughly one in every 38,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 53 men and 61 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Adrain in Ireland
The Adrains were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 93.9% of them (108 people). Next came Tyrone (6) and Down (1).
Adrain average age in 1911
The average Adrain in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 27.0 for men and 30.7 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.
Adrain literacy in 1911
Of the Adrains whose literacy was recorded, 85.8% could both read and write, 2.7% could read but not write, and 11.5% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 86.9% reading and writing against 84.6% 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.
Adrain common first names
The most common male names were John (13), Robert, James, William and Alexander. For women it was Agnes (4), followed by Jane, Margaret, Mary and Sarah.
Adrain occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Adrain's census form was "Scholar"; 21.7% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.7%), metal worker / engineer (5.2%), carpenter / joiner (4.3%) and carter / driver / groom (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 8.7% of all Adrains, followed by textiles & clothing, building & construction and metal & engineering.
What religion is Adrain?
Adrains were predominantly Presbyterian (74.8%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (7.8%), Methodist (7%), Unitarian (5.2%) and Congregationalist (4.3%).
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Adrain statistics (1911)
115 in Ireland
3,542 most common surname in Ireland
29 average age
Adrainin the USA (2020)
0 in USA (2020)
0 rank in USA (2020)
