Magennis family name history and map
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Magennis in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 375 people named Magennis in Ireland; roughly one in every 12,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 172 men and 203 women.
Counties with Magennis in Ireland
Antrim was Magennis country: 40.5% of them (152 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (105), Dublin (31), Armagh (28) and Kilkenny (24).
Magennis average age in 1911
The average Magennis in 1911 was 29.0 years old, 30.9 for men and 27.4 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.
Magennis literacy in 1911
Of the Magennises whose literacy was recorded, 81.3% could both read and write, 2.5% could read but not write, and 16.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 82.4% reading and writing against 80.4% 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.
Magennis common first names
The most common male names were John (23), James, Patrick, William and Edward. For women it was Mary (23), followed by Catherine, Elizabeth, Bridget and Margaret.
Magennis occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Magennis's census form was "Scholar"; 21.6% (81) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.7%), textile worker (4.8%), domestic servant (2.7%) and general labourer (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.6% of all Magennises, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Magennis?
Magennises were predominantly Roman Catholic (81.9%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (13.6%), Presbyterian (2.9%) and Unitarian (1.6%).
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Magennis statistics (1911)
Number: 375
Rank: 1,646
Average Age: 29
Magennisin the USA (2020)
Number: 256
Rank: 80,054
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
