McClements family name history and map
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McClements in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 418 people named McClements in Ireland; roughly one in every 11,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 209 men and 209 women.
Counties with McClements in Ireland
The McClementses were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 51.9% of them (217 people). Next came Antrim (120), Derry (64), Tyrone (8) and Armagh (3).
McClements average age in 1911
The average McClements in 1911 was 27.6 years old, 24.9 for men and 30.3 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.
McClements literacy in 1911
Of the McClementses whose literacy was recorded, 79% could both read and write, 6% could read but not write, and 15% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 80.8% reading and writing against 77.2% 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.
McClements common first names
The most common male names were John (24), Robert, William, David and James. For women it was Mary (20), followed by Sarah, Ellen, Elizabeth and Maggie.
McClements occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a McClements's census form was "Scholar"; 19.9% (83) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (6%), general labourer (4.8%), seamstress (3.3%) and farm labourer (3.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 9.6% of all McClementses, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is McClements?
Most McClementses, 54.8%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (18.4%), Roman Catholic (14.6%), Methodist (6.5%) and Congregationalist (1.7%).
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McClements statistics (1911)
Number: 418
Rank: 1,525
Average Age: 28
McClements in the USA (2020)
Number: 303
Rank: 69,752
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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