Barns family name history and map
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Barns in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 51 people named Barns in Ireland; roughly one in every 86,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 30 men to 21 women.
Counties with Barns in Ireland
Antrim was Barns country: 27.5% of them (14 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (9), Wicklow (9), Armagh (6) and Offaly (4).
Barns average age in 1911
The average Barns in 1911 was 23.2 years old, 21.4 for men and 25.8 for women; noticeably 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.
Barns literacy in 1911
Of the Barnses whose literacy was recorded, 71.4% could both read and write, 4.1% could read but not write, and 24.5% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 75% reading and writing against 69% 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.
Barns common first names
The most common male names were James (5), John, George, Joseph and Michael. For women it was Mary (3), followed by Annie, Sarah, Agnes and Bessie.
Barns occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Barns's census form was "Scholar"; 27.5% (14) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (9.8%), general labourer (7.8%), domestic servant (5.9%) and other maker / factory worker (3.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.8% of all Barnses, followed by general labourers, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Barns?
Most Barnses, 62.7%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (29.4%), Presbyterian (5.9%) and Methodist (2%).
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Barns statistics (1911)
Number: 51
Rank: 5,724
Average Age: 23
Barns 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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