McConvill family name history and map
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McConvill in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 104 people named McConvill in Ireland; roughly one in every 42,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 59 women to 45 men.
Counties with McConvill in Ireland
Armagh was McConvill country: 45.2% of them (47 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (38), Antrim (17), Dublin (1) and Tyrone (1).
McConvill average age in 1911
The average McConvill in 1911 was 30.0 years old, 28.7 for men and 30.9 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.
McConvill literacy in 1911
Of the McConvills whose literacy was recorded, 68% could both read and write, 8.7% could read but not write, and 23.3% 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.
McConvill common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (10), James, John, Bernard and Henry. For women it was Mary (10), followed by Ellen, Agnes, Jane and Sarah.
McConvill occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a McConvill's census form was "Scholar"; 31.7% (33) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (16.3%), farmer (12.5%), farm labourer (4.8%) and general labourer (4.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.3% of all McConvills, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is McConvill?
McConvills were predominantly Roman Catholic (84.6%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (14.4%) and Presbyterian (1%).
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McConvill statistics (1911)
Number: 104
Rank: 3,758
Average Age: 30
McConvill in the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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