Meenan family name history and map
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Meenan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 264 people named Meenan in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 138 men and 126 women.
Counties with Meenan in Ireland
Donegal was Meenan country: 38.3% of them (101 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tyrone (66), Derry (32), Down (23) and Dublin (17).
Meenan average age in 1911
The average Meenan in 1911 was 32.0 years old, 31.6 for men and 32.4 for women; slightly older 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.
Meenan literacy in 1911
Of the Meenans whose literacy was recorded, 68.3% could both read and write, 7.9% could read but not write, and 23.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 71.7% reading and writing against 65.2% 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.
Meenan common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (20), James, John, Michael and Daniel. For women it was Mary (21), followed by Bridget, Alice, Ellen and Margaret.
Meenan occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Meenans was farmer, 21.2% of them (56 people). Next came scholar / student (21.2%), textile worker (2.7%), fisherman (2.3%) and metal worker / engineer (2.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 23.9% of all Meenans, followed by textiles & clothing, building & construction and domestic service.
What religion is Meenan?
Meenans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 93.6% of them. The remainder were mostly Methodist (3.8%) and Anglican (0.8%).
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Meenan statistics (1911)
Number: 264
Rank: 2,090
Average Age: 32
Meenan in the USA (2020)
Number: 862
Rank: 29,248
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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