Cussen family name history and map
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Cussen in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 423 people named Cussen in Ireland; roughly one in every 10,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 193 men and 228 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties and map with Cussen in Ireland
Limerick was Cussen country: 39% of them (165 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (119), Tipperary (58), Dublin (23) and Kerry (19).
Cussen average age in 1911
The average Cussen in 1911 was 30.8 years old, 31.5 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.
Cussen literacy in 1911
Of the Cussens whose literacy was recorded, 85.7% could both read and write, 2.2% could read but not write, and 12.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.4% reading and writing against 83.7% 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.
Cussen common first names
The most common male names were John (32), Michael, Thomas, Patrick and James; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (43), followed by Ellen, Bridget, Catherine and Margaret.
Cussen occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Cussen's census form was "Scholar"; 19.4% (82) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (16.3%), farm labourer (4.3%), general labourer (2.6%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.3% of all Cussens, followed by professional, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Cussen?
Cussens were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.1% of them.
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Cussen statistics (1911)
Number: 423
Rank: 1,513
Average Age: 31
Cussen in the USA (2020)
Number: 349
Rank: 62,049
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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