Mulvany family name history and map
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Mulvany in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 495 people named Mulvany in Ireland; roughly one in every 8,900 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 251 men and 244 women.
Counties with Mulvany in Ireland
Dublin was Mulvany country: 36.6% of them (181 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Meath (122), Cavan (84), Westmeath (54) and Antrim (8).
Mulvany average age in 1911
The average Mulvany in 1911 was 27.3 years old, 27.9 for men and 26.7 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.
Mulvany literacy in 1911
Of the Mulvanys whose literacy was recorded, 82.1% could both read and write, 3.5% could read but not write, and 14.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.6% reading and writing against 80.6% 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.
Mulvany common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (33), John, James, Michael and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (39), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Rose and Julia.
Mulvany occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Mulvany's census form was "Scholar"; 22.8% (113) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.1%), general labourer (4.4%), farm labourer (3.6%) and domestic servant (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.7% of all Mulvanys, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Mulvany?
Mulvanys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 97.4% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (2.2%).
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Mulvany statistics (1911)
Number: 495
Rank: 1,365
Average Age: 27
Mulvanyin the USA (2020)
Number: 587
Rank: 40,270
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
