Coggins family name history and map
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Coggins in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 97 people named Coggins in Ireland; roughly one in every 45,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 58 men to 39 women.
Counties with Coggins in Ireland
The Cogginses were heavily concentrated in Sligo, home to 75.3% of them (73 people). Next came Roscommon (12), Leitrim (7), Galway (2) and Cork (1).
Coggins average age in 1911
The average Coggins in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 24.8 for men and 35.0 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.
Coggins literacy in 1911
Of the Cogginses whose literacy was recorded, 70% could both read and write, 5.6% could read but not write, and 24.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 72.2% reading and writing against 66.7% 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.
Coggins common first names
The most common male names were John (8), Thomas, James, Patrick and Michael; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Bridget (7), followed by Mary, Anne, Annie and Ellen.
Coggins occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Coggins's census form was "Scholar"; 26.8% (26) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (19.6%), farm labourer (3.1%), general labourer (2.1%) and maid (1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 22.7% of all Cogginses, followed by general labourers, domestic service and public service & defence.
What religion is Coggins?
Cogginses were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 91.8% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1%) and Methodist (1%).
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Coggins statistics (1911)
Number: 97
Rank: 3,928
Average Age: 29
Coggins in the USA (2020)
Number: 7,399
Rank: 4,645
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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