Brownlee family name history and map
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Brownlee in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 476 people named Brownlee in Ireland; roughly one in every 9,200 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 245 men and 231 women.
Counties with Brownlee in Ireland
Antrim was Brownlee country: 29.8% of them (142 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (106), Fermanagh (84), Down (47) and Dublin (32).
Brownlee average age in 1911
The average Brownlee in 1911 was 28.5 years old, 27.2 for men and 29.9 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.
Brownlee literacy in 1911
Of the Brownlees whose literacy was recorded, 76.7% could both read and write, 5.7% could read but not write, and 17.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 79.6% reading and writing against 73.8% of 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.
Brownlee common first names
The most common male names were William (24), James, John, Robert and Thomas. For women it was Margaret (17), followed by Elizabeth, Mary, Jane and Annie.
Brownlee occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Brownlee's census form was "Scholar"; 21.2% (101) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9%), textile worker (6.9%), general labourer (4%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12% of all Brownlees, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Brownlee?
Most Brownlees, 55.5%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (29.4%), Methodist (6.1%), Roman Catholic (4.8%) and Non-Conformist (2.1%).
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Brownlee statistics (1911)
Number: 476
Rank: 1,395
Average Age: 29
Brownlee in the USA (2020)
Number: 10,915
Rank: 3,224
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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