Turney family name history and map
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Turney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 70 people named Turney in Ireland; roughly one in every 63,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 40 women to 30 men.
Counties with Turney in Ireland
Down was Turney country: 42.9% of them (30 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Galway (10), Antrim (6), Dublin (4) and Limerick (4).
Turney average age in 1911
The average Turney in 1911 was 29.0 years old, 26.8 for men and 30.7 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.
Turney literacy in 1911
Of the Turneys whose literacy was recorded, 75.4% could both read and write, 7.2% could read but not write, and 17.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 79.5% reading and writing against 70% 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.
Turney common first names
The most common male names were James (6), John, Hugh, Patrick and Arthur. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Margaret, Annie, Bridget and Ellie.
Turney occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Turney's census form was "Scholar"; 31.4% (22) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (8.6%), farm labourer (5.7%), farmer (5.7%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.4% of all Turneys, followed by domestic service, professional and retail & commerce.
What religion is Turney?
Most Turneys, 68.6%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (15.7%), Presbyterian (12.9%), Methodist (1.4%) and Salvation Army (1.4%).
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Turney statistics (1911)
Number: 70
Rank: 4,760
Average Age: 29
Turney in the USA (2020)
Number: 6,130
Rank: 5,477
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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