Milner family name history
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Milner in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 116 people named Milner in Ireland; roughly one in every 38,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 63 men and 53 women.
Counties with Milner in Ireland
Cork was Milner country: 45.7% of them (53 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (32), Antrim (12), Offaly (7) and Kerry (5).
Milner average age in 1911
The average Milner in 1911 was 25.2 years old, 22.7 for men and 28.1 for women; noticeably 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.
Milner literacy in 1911
Of the Milners whose literacy was recorded, 76.2% could both read and write, 2.9% could read but not write, and 20% 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.
Milner common first names
The most common male names were William (8), Henry, John, Richard and Robert. For women it was Kathleen (5), followed by Mary, Bridget, Annie and Christina.
Milner occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Milner's census form was "Scholar"; 19.8% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were other maker / factory worker (6%), farmer (5.2%), blacksmith / smith (2.6%) and domestic servant (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 8.6% of all Milners, followed by manufacturing & trades, domestic service and metal & engineering.
What religion is Milner?
Most Milners, 62.1%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (33.6%), Jewish (1.7%) and Presbyterian (0.9%).
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Milner statistics (1911)
116 in Ireland
3,521 most common surname in Ireland
25 average age
Milnerin the USA (2020)
11,493 in USA (2020)
3,053 rank in USA (2020)
