Benison family name history and map
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Benison in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 68 people named Benison in Ireland; roughly one in every 65,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 37 men and 31 women.
Counties with Benison in Ireland
Tyrone was Benison country: 42.6% of them (29 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Roscommon (17), Antrim (7), Armagh (5) and Donegal (4).
Benison average age in 1911
The average Benison in 1911 was 27.9 years old, 26.9 for men and 29.0 for women; a touch 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.
Benison literacy in 1911
Of the Benisons whose literacy was recorded, 65.2% could both read and write, 9.1% could read but not write, and 25.8% 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.
Benison common first names
The most common male names were Joseph (8), John, James, Henry and Jonathan. For women it was Elizabeth (3), followed by Anne Jane, Annie, Caroline and Mary.
Benison occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Benisons was farmer, 29.4% of them (20 people). Next came scholar / student (14.7%), textile worker (5.9%), domestic servant (4.4%) and farm labourer (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 32.4% of all Benisons, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Benison?
Most Benisons, 54.4%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (25%) and Presbyterian (20.6%).
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Benison statistics (1911)
Number: 68
Rank: 4,837
Average Age: 28
Benison in the USA (2020)
Number: 448
Rank: 50,441
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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