Moan family name history and map
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Moan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 277 people named Moan in Ireland; roughly one in every 16,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 130 men and 147 women.
Counties with Moan in Ireland
Monaghan was Moan country: 42.6% of them (118 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Fermanagh (47), Tyrone (35), Armagh (29) and Antrim (21).
Moan average age in 1911
The average Moan in 1911 was 32.4 years old, 33.4 for men and 31.5 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.
Moan literacy in 1911
Of the Moans whose literacy was recorded, 69.3% could both read and write, 8.6% could read but not write, and 22.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 71.3% reading and writing against 67.6% of 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.
Moan common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (23), James, John, Michael and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Catherine (19), followed by Mary, Bridget, Margaret and Rose.
Moan occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Moans was farmer, 25.3% of them (70 people). Next came scholar / student (17%), general labourer (4.7%), farm labourer (3.6%) and domestic servant (3.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 29.6% of all Moans, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Moan?
Moans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Moan statistics (1911)
Number: 277
Rank: 2,033
Average Age: 32
Moanin the USA (2020)
Number: 692
Rank: 35,096
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
