Rennie family name history and map
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Rennie in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 92 people named Rennie in Ireland; roughly one in every 48,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 49 men and 43 women.
Counties with Rennie in Ireland
Antrim was Rennie country: 38% of them (35 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (19), Dublin (7), Tipperary (5) and Cork (4).
Rennie average age in 1911
The average Rennie in 1911 was 31.7 years old, 32.9 for men and 30.4 for women; slightly 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.
Rennie literacy in 1911
Of the Rennies whose literacy was recorded, 88.9% could both read and write, 1.1% could read but not write, and 10% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 89.8% reading and writing against 87.8% 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.
Rennie common first names
The most common male names were John (9), William, James, Robert and Thomas. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Margaret, Agnes, Elizabeth and Rachel.
Rennie occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Rennie's census form was "Scholar"; 9.8% (9) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were clerk / office worker (6.5%), farmer (6.5%), farm labourer (5.4%) and tailor (5.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.1% of all Rennies, followed by textiles & clothing, clerical & administration and building & construction.
What religion is Rennie?
The largest religious group among Rennies was Presbyterian, at 46.7%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (28.3%), Roman Catholic (19.6%), Methodist (2.2%) and Baptist (1.1%).
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Rennie statistics (1911)
Number: 92
Rank: 4,068
Average Age: 32
Rennie in the USA (2020)
Number: 3,665
Rank: 8,605
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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