Blackburne family name history and map
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Blackburne in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 92 people named Blackburne in Ireland; roughly one in every 48,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 46 men and 46 women.
Counties with Blackburne in Ireland
Dublin was Blackburne country: 33.7% of them (31 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Wicklow (15), Wexford (9), Tipperary (8) and Cork (5).
Blackburne average age in 1911
The average Blackburne in 1911 was 30.3 years old, 30.1 for men and 30.4 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.
Blackburne literacy in 1911
Of the Blackburnes whose literacy was recorded, 88% could both read and write, 2.2% could read but not write, and 9.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 93.5% reading and writing against 82.6% 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.
Blackburne common first names
The most common male names were William (7), James, John, Thomas and Bernard. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Catherine, Bridget, Maggie and Sarah Ann.
Blackburne occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Blackburne's census form was "Scholar"; 19.6% (18) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (17.4%), clerk / office worker (5.4%), general labourer (4.3%) and farm labourer (3.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.7% of all Blackburnes, followed by clerical & administration, general labourers and transport.
What religion is Blackburne?
Most Blackburnes, 56.5%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (39.1%) and Presbyterian (4.3%).
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Blackburne statistics (1911)
Number: 92
Rank: 4,068
Average Age: 30
Blackburne in the USA (2020)
Number: 177
Rank: 107,024
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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