Eakin family name history and map
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Eakin in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 330 people named Eakin in Ireland; roughly one in every 13,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 175 men and 155 women.
Counties with Eakin in Ireland
Derry was Eakin country: 32.7% of them (108 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Monaghan (69), Antrim (61), Down (21) and Armagh (18).
Eakin average age in 1911
The average Eakin in 1911 was 32.9 years old, 31.5 for men and 34.5 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.
Eakin literacy in 1911
Of the Eakins whose literacy was recorded, 86.1% could both read and write, 2.8% could read but not write, and 11.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 88.6% reading and writing against 83.2% of women. 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.
Eakin common first names
The most common male names were John (25), James, Robert, David and Joseph. For women it was Jane (9), followed by Margaret, Elizabeth, Sarah and Mary.
Eakin occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Eakins was farmer, 23.3% of them (77 people). Next came scholar / student (19.4%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.3%), seamstress (3%) and carpenter / joiner (2.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 24.5% of all Eakins, followed by textiles & clothing, retail & commerce and domestic service.
What religion is Eakin?
Most Eakins, 65.5%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (22.7%), Methodist (7%), Roman Catholic (2.4%) and Congregationalist (0.6%).
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Eakin statistics (1911)
Number: 330
Rank: 1,791
Average Age: 33
Eakinin the USA (2020)
Number: 3,406
Rank: 9,197
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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