Canty family name history and map
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Canty in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 522 people named Canty in Ireland; roughly one in every 8,400 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 252 men and 269 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Canty in Ireland
The Cantys were heavily concentrated in Cork, home to 52.5% of them (274 people). Next came Kerry (88), Limerick (67), Dublin (45) and Clare (17).
Canty average age in 1911
The average Canty in 1911 was 29.3 years old, 28.3 for men and 30.2 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.
Canty literacy in 1911
Of the Cantys whose literacy was recorded, 82.1% could both read and write, 2.4% could read but not write, and 15.5% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 83.3% reading and writing against 80.7% 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.
Canty common first names
The most common male names were John (37), James, Michael, Patrick and Timothy. For women it was Mary (40), followed by Catherine, Ellen, Margaret and Bridget.
Canty occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Canty's census form was "Scholar"; 22.2% (116) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.7%), farm labourer (5.7%), general labourer (4.4%) and domestic servant (3.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.8% of all Cantys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Canty?
Cantys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.5% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.1%) and Agnostic (0.2%).
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Canty statistics (1911)
Number: 522
Rank: 1,306
Average Age: 29
Canty in the USA (2020)
Number: 7,331
Rank: 4,692
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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