O'Looney family name history and map
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O'Looney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 74 people named O'Looney in Ireland; roughly one in every 59,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 36 men and 38 women.
Counties with O'Looney in Ireland
Dublin was O'Looney country: 36.5% of them (27 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Clare (22), Cork (9), Kerry (7) and Westmeath (6).
O'Looney average age in 1911
The average O'Looney in 1911 was 29.8 years old, 24.0 for men and 35.2 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
O'Looney literacy in 1911
Of the O'Looneys whose literacy was recorded, 88.7% could both read and write, 2.8% could read but not write, and 8.5% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
O'Looney common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (6), John, William, Daniel and Francis. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Margaret, Annie, Ellen and Nora.
O'Looney occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an O'Looney's census form was "Scholar"; 21.6% (16) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.5%), carter / driver / groom (4.1%), retired / pensioner (4.1%) and dressmaker / milliner (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.6% of all O'Looneys, followed by building & construction, professional and retired & pensioners.
What religion is O'Looney?
O'Looneys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
O'Looney statistics (1911)
Number: 74
Rank: 4,607
Average Age: 30
O'Looney 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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