Greenan family name history and map
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Greenan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 411 people named Greenan in Ireland; roughly one in every 11,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 210 men and 200 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Greenan in Ireland
Monaghan was Greenan country: 39.4% of them (162 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (77), Cavan (58), Leitrim (35) and Antrim (19).
Greenan average age in 1911
The average Greenan in 1911 was 32.9 years old, 32.1 for men and 33.6 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.
Greenan literacy in 1911
Of the Greenans whose literacy was recorded, 75.5% could both read and write, 5% could read but not write, and 19% 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.
Greenan common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (31), John, James, Thomas and Edward. For women it was Mary (33), followed by Catherine, Bridget, Rose and Maggie.
Greenan occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Greenans was farmer, 20% of them (82 people). Next came scholar / student (19.7%), general labourer (5.1%), farm labourer (4.1%) and domestic servant (1.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 24.6% of all Greenans, followed by general labourers, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Greenan?
Greenans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.5% of them.
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Greenan statistics (1911)
Number: 411
Rank: 1,548
Average Age: 33
Greenan in the USA (2020)
Number: 813
Rank: 30,686
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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