Kernan family name history and map
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Kernan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 179 people named Kernan in Ireland; roughly one in every 25,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 97 men and 81 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Kernan in Ireland
Dublin was Kernan country: 44.1% of them (79 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cavan (27), Armagh (21), Monaghan (20) and Meath (8).
Kernan average age in 1911
The average Kernan in 1911 was 28.3 years old, 26.6 for men and 30.4 for women; a touch 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.
Kernan literacy in 1911
Of the Kernans whose literacy was recorded, 76.6% could both read and write, 7% could read but not write, and 16.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 79.5% reading and writing against 74.2% 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.
Kernan common first names
The most common male names were John (10), Thomas, James, Patrick and Joseph. For women it was Bridget (12), followed by Mary, Margaret, Anne and Catherine.
Kernan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Kernan's census form was "Scholar"; 26.3% (47) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.3%), farm labourer (6.1%), domestic servant (3.4%) and general labourer (2.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19% of all Kernans, followed by domestic service, general labourers and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Kernan?
Kernans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 94.4% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (3.4%).
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Kernan statistics (1911)
Number: 179
Rank: 2,687
Average Age: 28
Kernan in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,532
Rank: 11,823
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.