Swain family name history and map
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Swain in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 154 people named Swain in Ireland; roughly one in every 29,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 79 men and 75 women.
Counties with Swain in Ireland
Antrim was Swain country: 48.7% of them (75 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (28), Dublin (15), Armagh (10) and Cork (10).
Swain average age in 1911
The average Swain in 1911 was 27.6 years old, 25.8 for men and 29.4 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.
Swain literacy in 1911
Of the Swains whose literacy was recorded, 73.6% could both read and write, 4.7% could read but not write, and 21.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 74.7% reading and writing against 72.6% 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.
Swain common first names
The most common male names were James (8), Samuel, William, George and John. For women it was Annie (7), followed by Isabella, Margaret, Sarah and Elizabeth.
Swain occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Swain's census form was "Scholar"; 15.6% (24) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (8.4%), general labourer (7.1%), farmer (5.8%) and farm labourer (3.2%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 11% of all Swains, followed by agriculture, general labourers and transport.
What religion is Swain?
Most Swains, 54.5%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (13.6%), Quaker (12.3%), Presbyterian (10.4%) and Methodist (4.5%).
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Swain statistics (1911)
Number: 154
Rank: 2,955
Average Age: 28
Swainin the USA (2020)
Number: 24,047
Rank: 1,443
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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