McKie family name history and map
Please select listing to show.
Please select listing to show.
McKie in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 169 people named McKie in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 86 men and 82 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with McKie in Ireland
Antrim was McKie country: 30.2% of them (51 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (39), Dublin (20), Armagh (12) and Limerick (11).
McKie average age in 1911
The average McKie in 1911 was 28.8 years old, 26.9 for men and 30.8 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.
McKie literacy in 1911
Of the McKies whose literacy was recorded, 81.5% could both read and write, 5.6% could read but not write, and 13% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 82.5% reading and writing against 80.5% of men. 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.
McKie common first names
The most common male names were John (13), William, James, Robert and Joseph. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Catherine, Margaret, Agnes and Elizabeth.
McKie occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a McKie's census form was "Scholar"; 17.2% (29) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (5.3%), farmer (5.3%), general labourer (5.3%) and textile worker (4.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.7% of all McKies, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is McKie?
The largest religious group among McKies was Presbyterian, at 47.3%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (22.5%), Anglican (19.5%), Methodist (5.3%) and Congregationalist (4.1%).
McKie statistics (1911)
Number: 169
Rank: 2,797
Average Age: 29
McKie in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,729
Rank: 11,100
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
Ref: mckie
Family Notes
Review type for post source and surnames source type not found
Added by
Pete F
IrishHistory.com is passionate about helping people discover and connect with the rich stories of their local communities.
Please use the form below to submit any photos you may have of McKie. We're happy to take any suggested edits you may have too. Please be advised it will take us some time to get to these submissions. Thank you.