Canny family name history and map
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Canny in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 567 people named Canny in Ireland; roughly one in every 7,700 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 278 men and 288 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Canny in Ireland
Clare was Canny country: 33.2% of them (188 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Donegal (187), Galway (84), Mayo (66) and Derry (18).
Canny average age in 1911
The average Canny in 1911 was 31.1 years old, 31.8 for men and 30.4 for women; slightly older 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.
Canny literacy in 1911
Of the Cannys whose literacy was recorded, 70.1% could both read and write, 6.6% could read but not write, and 23.4% 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.
Canny common first names
The most common male names were John (50), Patrick, Michael, James and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (49), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Ellen and Annie; matching the national top five exactly.
Canny occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Cannys was farmer, 30% of them (170 people). Next came scholar / student (19%), farm labourer (3.5%), seamstress (3.2%) and domestic servant (1.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 33.5% of all Cannys, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Canny?
Cannys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.8% of them.
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Canny statistics (1911)
Number: 567
Rank: 1,227
Average Age: 31
Cannyin the USA (2020)
Number: 784
Rank: 31,622
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
