Gilliland family name history and map
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Gilliland in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 682 people named Gilliland in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,400 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 321 men and 360 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Gilliland in Ireland
Antrim was Gilliland country: 44.3% of them (302 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (214), Monaghan (37), Derry (30) and Armagh (20).
Gilliland average age in 1911
The average Gilliland in 1911 was 26.5 years old, 26.1 for men and 26.9 for women; noticeably 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.
Gilliland literacy in 1911
Of the Gillilands whose literacy was recorded, 79.6% could both read and write, 3.9% could read but not write, and 16.5% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Gilliland common first names
The most common male names were John (39), James, William, Robert and Thomas. For women it was Annie (25), followed by Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret and Jane.
Gilliland occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Gilliland's census form was "Scholar"; 23% (157) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (12%), farmer (6.9%), general labourer (3.2%) and metal worker / engineer (1.9%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 14.7% of all Gillilands, followed by agriculture, general labourers and metal & engineering.
What religion is Gilliland?
The largest religious group among Gillilands was Presbyterian, at 49.6%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (40.2%), Roman Catholic (5.7%), Methodist (2.1%) and Unitarian (1.5%).
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Gilliland statistics (1911)
Number: 682
Rank: 1,049
Average Age: 27
Gilliland in the USA (2020)
Number: 12,805
Rank: 2,741
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
