Heenan family name history and map
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Heenan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 301 people named Heenan in Ireland; roughly one in every 15,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 169 men to 132 women.
Counties with Heenan in Ireland
Tipperary was Heenan country: 37.5% of them (113 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (75), Dublin (37), Antrim (30) and Offaly (19).
Heenan average age in 1911
The average Heenan in 1911 was 32.5 years old, 33.2 for men and 31.7 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.
Heenan literacy in 1911
Of the Heenans whose literacy was recorded, 89.5% could both read and write, 3.4% could read but not write, and 7.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 91.7% reading and writing against 86.7% 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.
Heenan common first names
The most common male names were John (27), Patrick, James, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (15), followed by Annie, Kate, Margaret and Sarah.
Heenan occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Heenans was farmer, 22.9% of them (69 people). Next came scholar / student (15%), farm labourer (5.6%), general labourer (4%) and textile worker (3.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 28.9% of all Heenans, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Heenan?
Heenans were predominantly Roman Catholic (78.4%). The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (10%), Anglican (8.6%), Methodist (2.3%) and Protestant (0.7%).
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Heenan statistics (1911)
Number: 301
Rank: 1,907
Average Age: 33
Heenan in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,640
Rank: 16,947
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.