Carlin family name history and map
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Carlin in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 733 people named Carlin in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 346 men and 386 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Carlin in Ireland
Derry was Carlin country: 30.8% of them (226 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Donegal (171), Tyrone (157), Antrim (89) and Down (59).
Carlin average age in 1911
The average Carlin in 1911 was 30.9 years old, 30.5 for men and 31.2 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.
Carlin literacy in 1911
Of the Carlins whose literacy was recorded, 70.8% could both read and write, 6.6% could read but not write, and 22.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 72.4% reading and writing against 69.6% 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.
Carlin common first names
The most common male names were John (59), Patrick, James, William and Francis. For women it was Mary (40), followed by Catherine, Annie, Margaret and Bridget.
Carlin occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Carlin's census form was "Scholar"; 14.6% (107) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.8%), farm labourer (4.8%), general labourer (4.8%) and domestic servant (4.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.9% of all Carlins, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Carlin?
Carlins were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 94% of them. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (2.3%), Anglican (1.6%) and Methodist (0.5%).
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Carlin statistics (1911)
Number: 733
Rank: 998
Average Age: 31
Carlinin the USA (2020)
Number: 11,301
Rank: 3,103
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
