Kirwin family name history
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Kirwin in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 129 people named Kirwin in Ireland; roughly one in every 34,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 71 women to 55 men. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Kirwin in Ireland
Dublin was Kirwin country: 28.7% of them (37 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Laois (23), Cork (12), Wexford (12) and Roscommon (10).
Kirwin average age in 1911
The average Kirwin in 1911 was 29.0 years old, 28.1 for men and 29.7 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Kirwin literacy in 1911
Of the Kirwins whose literacy was recorded, 73% could both read and write, 2.5% could read but not write, and 24.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 77.4% reading and writing against 69.6% 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.
Kirwin common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (8), John, James, Michael and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (17), followed by Kate, Ellen, Annie and Margaret.
Kirwin occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Kirwin's census form was "Scholar"; 16.3% (21) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (7.8%), domestic servant (6.2%), farmer (5.4%) and general labourer (5.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15.5% of all Kirwins, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Kirwin?
Kirwins were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 95.3% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (2.3%).
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Kirwin statistics (1911)
Number: 129
Rank: 3,306
Average Age: 29
Kirwinin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,196
Rank: 22,124
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
