McCorriston family name history and map
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McCorriston in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 96 people named McCorriston in Ireland; roughly one in every 46,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 55 women to 41 men.
Counties with McCorriston in Ireland
Derry was McCorriston country: 35.4% of them (34 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Donegal (30), Down (19), Antrim (12) and Dublin (1).
McCorriston average age in 1911
The average McCorriston in 1911 was 33.8 years old, 38.4 for men and 30.4 for women; noticeably older 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.
McCorriston literacy in 1911
Of the McCorristons whose literacy was recorded, 69.9% could both read and write, 5.4% could read but not write, and 24.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 71.1% reading and writing against 69.1% 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.
McCorriston common first names
The most common male names were William (7), Daniel, Hugh, John and Hans. For women it was Mary (10), followed by Annie, Rose, Anne and Bella.
McCorriston occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a McCorriston's census form was "Scholar"; 15.6% (15) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.4%), farm labourer (7.3%), domestic servant (5.2%) and general labourer (4.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.7% of all McCorristons, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is McCorriston?
Most McCorristons, 67.7%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (22.9%), Anglican (4.2%) and Congregationalist (2.1%).
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McCorriston statistics (1911)
Number: 96
Rank: 3,961
Average Age: 34
McCorriston in the USA (2020)
Number: 124
Rank: 139,059
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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