Crane family name history and map
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Crane in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 167 people named Crane in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 77 men and 90 women.
Counties with Crane in Ireland
Wexford had the largest share of Cranes, 16.2% (27 people). Next came Antrim (21), Dublin (18), Down (15) and Monaghan (14).
Crane average age in 1911
The average Crane in 1911 was 31.3 years old, 30.3 for men and 32.2 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.
Crane literacy in 1911
Of the Cranes whose literacy was recorded, 65% could both read and write, 5.7% could read but not write, and 29.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 69% reading and writing against 60.3% 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.
Crane common first names
The most common male names were John (8), James, Michael, Henry and Patrick. For women it was Mary (14), followed by Catherine, Mary Anne, Annie and Bridget.
Crane occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Crane's census form was "Scholar"; 15% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.4%), general labourer (3.6%), farm labourer (2.4%) and other maker / factory worker (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.4% of all Cranes, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Crane?
Most Cranes, 54.5%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (27.5%), Presbyterian (10.8%) and Methodist (3%).
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Crane statistics (1911)
Number: 167
Rank: 2,816
Average Age: 31
Cranein the USA (2020)
Number: 36,578
Rank: 935
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
