McPhillips family name history and map
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McPhillips in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 666 people named McPhillips in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,600 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 325 men and 341 women.
Counties with McPhillips in Ireland
Monaghan was McPhillips country: 41% of them (273 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cavan (123), Antrim (74), Fermanagh (62) and Louth (34).
McPhillips average age in 1911
The average McPhillips in 1911 was 29.7 years old, 29.3 for men and 30.1 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.
McPhillips literacy in 1911
Of the McPhillipses whose literacy was recorded, 75.6% could both read and write, 5.2% could read but not write, and 18.9% 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.
McPhillips common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (50), John, James, Francis and Thomas. For women it was Mary (46), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Kate and Maggie.
McPhillips occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a McPhillips's census form was "Scholar"; 23.6% (157) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (17%), farm labourer (3.2%), general labourer (2.9%) and domestic servant (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.4% of all McPhillipses, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is McPhillips?
McPhillipses were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.2% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.2%).
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McPhillips statistics (1911)
Number: 666
Rank: 1,064
Average Age: 30
McPhillipsin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,775
Rank: 15,808
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
