Condren family name history
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Condren in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 139 people named Condren in Ireland; roughly one in every 32,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 65 men and 74 women.
Counties with Condren in Ireland
Wicklow was Condren country: 38.8% of them (54 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Wexford (22), Carlow (18), Dublin (18) and Kilkenny (15).
Condren average age in 1911
The average Condren in 1911 was 27.1 years old, 27.8 for men and 26.5 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.
Condren literacy in 1911
Of the Condrens whose literacy was recorded, 83.6% could both read and write, 3% could read but not write, and 13.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 88.6% reading and writing against 78.1% 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.
Condren common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (9), Edward, Thomas, Denis and John. For women it was Mary (14), followed by Bridget, Julia Mary, Kate and Lizzie.
Condren occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Condren's census form was "Scholar"; 24.5% (34) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.1%), dressmaker / milliner (4.3%), farm labourer (2.9%) and retired / pensioner (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.9% of all Condrens, followed by domestic service, textiles & clothing and retired & pensioners.
What religion is Condren?
Condrens were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.3% of them. The remainder were mostly Protestant (0.7%).
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Condren statistics (1911)
139 in Ireland
3,143 most common surname in Ireland
27 average age
Condrenin the USA (2020)
460 in USA (2020)
49,411 rank in USA (2020)
