Dynes family name history and map
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Dynes in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 203 people named Dynes in Ireland; roughly one in every 22,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 98 men and 105 women.
Counties with Dynes in Ireland
Armagh was Dynes country: 47.3% of them (96 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (63), Tyrone (38), Antrim (5) and Dublin (1).
Dynes average age in 1911
The average Dynes in 1911 was 29.4 years old, 28.1 for men and 30.6 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.
Dynes literacy in 1911
Of the Dyneses whose literacy was recorded, 70% could both read and write, 9.9% could read but not write, and 20.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 72.4% reading and writing against 67.3% 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.
Dynes common first names
The most common male names were John (12), William, James, Arthur and Alexander. For women it was Sarah (9), followed by Elizabeth, Mary, Annie and Ellen.
Dynes occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Dynes's census form was "Scholar"; 20.7% (42) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (18.2%), farmer (8.4%), general labourer (3.9%) and farm labourer (3%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 22.7% of all Dyneses, followed by agriculture, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Dynes?
The largest religious group among Dyneses was Roman Catholic, at 45.8%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (29.1%), Methodist (10.8%), Presbyterian (5.9%) and Congregationalist (1.5%).
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Dynes statistics (1911)
Number: 203
Rank: 2,489
Average Age: 29
Dynesin the USA (2020)
Number: 829
Rank: 30,224
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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