Swayne family name history and map
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Swayne in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 63 people named Swayne in Ireland; roughly one in every 70,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 32 men and 31 women.
Counties and map with Swayne in Ireland
Dublin was Swayne country: 31.7% of them (20 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (14), Wexford (10), Kerry (8) and Wicklow (5).
Swayne average age in 1911
The average Swayne in 1911 was 31.2 years old, 29.3 for men and 33.3 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.
Swayne literacy in 1911
Of the Swaynes whose literacy was recorded, 72.6% could both read and write, 8.1% could read but not write, and 19.4% 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.
Swayne common first names
The most common male names were John (4), Frank Robert, Henry, James and Lawrence. For women it was Margaret (3), followed by Mary, Ellen, Agnes and Alice Edwina Doreen.
Swayne occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Swayne's census form was "Scholar"; 22.2% (14) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were other professional (4.8%), railway / tram worker (4.8%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.8%) and general labourer (3.2%). Grouped by sector, professional accounted for 6.3% of all Swaynes, followed by retail & commerce, transport and building & construction.
What religion is Swayne?
Most Swaynes, 54%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (41.3%) and Non-Conformist (3.2%).
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Swayne statistics (1911)
Number: 63
Rank: 5,022
Average Age: 31
Swayne in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,723
Rank: 16,232
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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