Quillinan family name history
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Quillinan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 118 people named Quillinan in Ireland; roughly one in every 37,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 65 women to 53 men.
Counties with Quillinan in Ireland
Tipperary was Quillinan country: 44.1% of them (52 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Limerick (40), Cork (12), Kerry (5) and Carlow (3).
Quillinan average age in 1911
The average Quillinan in 1911 was 32.5 years old, 32.1 for men and 32.9 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.
Quillinan literacy in 1911
Of the Quillinans whose literacy was recorded, 90.6% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 9.4% 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.
Quillinan common first names
The most common male names were Michael (11), John, Timothy, Matthew and Patrick. For women it was Margaret (8), followed by Mary, Bridget, Catherine and Ellen.
Quillinan occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Quillinans was farmer, 26.3% of them (31 people). Next came scholar / student (13.6%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (8.5%), domestic servant (2.5%) and farm labourer (1.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 28% of all Quillinans, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Quillinan?
Quillinans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Quillinan statistics (1911)
Number: 118
Rank: 3,483
Average Age: 33
Quillinanin the USA (2020)
Number: 171
Rank: 109,993
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
