Meighan family name history
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Meighan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 156 people named Meighan in Ireland; roughly one in every 28,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 84 men and 72 women.
Meighan in Ireland in 1911
Antrim was Meighan country: 35.9% of them (56 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (21), Monaghan (15), Kilkenny (12) and Carlow (8).
Meighan average age in 1911
The average Meighan in 1911 was 28.2 years old, 28.0 for men and 28.4 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.
Meighan literacy in 1911
Of the Meighans whose literacy was recorded, 85.3% could both read and write, 0.7% could read but not write, and 14% 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.
Meighan common first names
The most common male names were James (9), Patrick, John, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (11), followed by Margaret, Anne, Catherine and Eliza.
Meighan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Meighan's census form was "Scholar"; 19.2% (30) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9%), general labourer (5.8%), textile worker (3.8%) and domestic servant (3.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.8% of all Meighans, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
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Meighan statistics (1911)
156 in Ireland
2938 most common surname in Ireland
28 average age
Meighanin the USA (2020)
1100 in USA (2020)
23772 rank in USA (2020)
