Shannahan family name history
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Shannahan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 107 people named Shannahan in Ireland; roughly one in every 41,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 56 men and 51 women.
Counties with Shannahan in Ireland
Tipperary was Shannahan country: 30.8% of them (33 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Limerick (24), Waterford (15), Cork (13) and Clare (12).
Shannahan average age in 1911
The average Shannahan in 1911 was 31.1 years old, 27.1 for men and 35.6 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.
Shannahan literacy in 1911
Of the Shannahans whose literacy was recorded, 75.7% could both read and write, 4.7% could read but not write, and 19.6% 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.
Shannahan common first names
The most common male names were John (9), Patrick, Michael, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (13), followed by Margaret, Bridget, Johanna and Kate.
Shannahan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Shannahan's census form was "Scholar"; 23.4% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (13.1%), farmer (11.2%), domestic servant (6.5%) and general labourer (6.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 24.3% of all Shannahans, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retired & pensioners.
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Shannahan statistics (1911)
107 in Ireland
3697 most common surname in Ireland
31 average age
Shannahanin the USA (2020)
533 in USA (2020)
43628 rank in USA (2020)
