McConway family name history and map
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McConway in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 98 people named McConway in Ireland; roughly one in every 45,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 54 women to 44 men.
Counties with McConway in Ireland
Derry was McConway country: 46.9% of them (46 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Donegal (31), Antrim (16), Tyrone (4) and Down (1).
McConway average age in 1911
The average McConway in 1911 was 25.4 years old, 24.4 for men and 26.1 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.
McConway literacy in 1911
Of the McConways whose literacy was recorded, 79.1% could both read and write, 3.3% could read but not write, and 17.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 80.9% reading and writing against 77.3% 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.
McConway common first names
The most common male names were John (6), Hugh, Bernard, Charles and Francis. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Ellen, Margaret, Martha and Mary Ann.
McConway occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a McConway's census form was "Scholar"; 21.4% (21) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.3%), other maker / factory worker (9.2%), farm labourer (5.1%) and seamstress (5.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19.4% of all McConways, followed by manufacturing & trades, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is McConway?
McConways were predominantly Roman Catholic (88.8%). The remainder were mostly Baptist (10.2%) and Anglican (1%).
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McConway statistics (1911)
Number: 98
Rank: 3,898
Average Age: 25
McConway in the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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