Carnduff family name history and map
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Carnduff in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 97 people named Carnduff in Ireland; roughly one in every 45,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 55 men to 41 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Carnduff in Ireland
The Carnduffs were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 85.6% of them (83 people). Next came Antrim (14).
Carnduff average age in 1911
The average Carnduff in 1911 was 26.7 years old, 23.1 for men and 31.6 for women; noticeably 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.
Carnduff literacy in 1911
Of the Carnduffs whose literacy was recorded, 78.9% could both read and write, 10% could read but not write, and 11.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84.2% reading and writing against 75% 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.
Carnduff common first names
The most common male names were William (7), James, John, Samuel and Robert. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Sarah, Avelina Elizabeth, Elizabeth and Grace.
Carnduff occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Carnduff's census form was "Scholar"; 19.6% (19) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (11.3%), farm labourer (6.2%), textile worker (6.2%) and carpenter / joiner (4.1%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 11.3% of all Carnduffs, followed by textiles & clothing, agriculture and building & construction.
What religion is Carnduff?
Most Carnduffs, 53.6%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (42.3%), Congregationalist (1%), Methodist (1%) and Plymouth Brethren (1%).
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Carnduff statistics (1911)
Number: 97
Rank: 3,928
Average Age: 27
Carnduffin the USA (2020)
Number: 112
Rank: 147,954
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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