Maginnis family name history and map
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Maginnis in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 383 people named Maginnis in Ireland; roughly one in every 11,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 175 men and 208 women.
Counties with Maginnis in Ireland
Down was Maginnis country: 31.1% of them (119 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (112), Armagh (104), Derry (14) and Cavan (10).
Maginnis average age in 1911
The average Maginnis in 1911 was 29.3 years old, 28.4 for men and 30.0 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.
Maginnis literacy in 1911
Of the Maginnises whose literacy was recorded, 72.3% could both read and write, 5.9% could read but not write, and 21.8% 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.
Maginnis common first names
The most common male names were John (25), James, William, Edward and Patrick. For women it was Mary (27), followed by Annie, Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret.
Maginnis occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Maginnis's census form was "Scholar"; 19.6% (75) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (11%), farmer (8.4%), general labourer (3.9%) and retired / pensioner (2.3%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 15.1% of all Maginnises, followed by agriculture, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Maginnis?
Most Maginnises, 51.4%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (25.6%), Presbyterian (18%), Methodist (4.7%) and Unitarian (0.3%).
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Maginnis statistics (1911)
Number: 383
Rank: 1,627
Average Age: 29
Maginnis in the USA (2020)
Number: 939
Rank: 27,218
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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