Moynahan family name history and map
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Moynahan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 128 people named Moynahan in Ireland; roughly one in every 34,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 66 men and 62 women.
Counties with Moynahan in Ireland
Cork was Moynahan country: 33.6% of them (43 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kerry (26), Tipperary (25), Dublin (8) and Limerick (7).
Moynahan average age in 1911
The average Moynahan in 1911 was 27.2 years old, 27.9 for men and 26.6 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.
Moynahan literacy in 1911
Of the Moynahans whose literacy was recorded, 72.8% could both read and write, 6.4% could read but not write, and 20.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 75% reading and writing against 70.5% 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.
Moynahan common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (15), John, Michael, Daniel and James. For women it was Mary (13), followed by Margaret, Bridget, Hannah and Julia.
Moynahan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Moynahan's census form was "Scholar"; 19.5% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.4%), farm labourer (4.7%), general labourer (4.7%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15.6% of all Moynahans, followed by general labourers, professional and domestic service.
What religion is Moynahan?
Moynahans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.2% of them.
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Moynahan statistics (1911)
Number: 128
Rank: 3,322
Average Age: 27
Moynahanin the USA (2020)
Number: 630
Rank: 37,907
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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