Tangney family name history and map
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Tangney in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 234 people named Tangney in Ireland; roughly one in every 19,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 117 men and 116 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Tangney in Ireland
The Tangneys were heavily concentrated in Kerry, home to 94% of them (220 people). Next came Cork (10), Dublin (2) and Laois (2).
Tangney average age in 1911
The average Tangney in 1911 was 25.8 years old, 25.0 for men and 26.6 for women; noticeably 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.
Tangney literacy in 1911
Of the Tangneys whose literacy was recorded, 82.6% could both read and write, 2.6% could read but not write, and 14.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.6% reading and writing against 81.6% 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.
Tangney common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (18), John, Michael, Denis and Daniel. For women it was Mary (24), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Ellen and Margaret.
Tangney occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Tangney's census form was "Scholar"; 33.8% (79) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (20.9%), domestic servant (3.4%), retired / pensioner (2.1%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 22.2% of all Tangneys, followed by domestic service, retail & commerce and retired & pensioners.
What religion is Tangney?
Tangneys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.6% of them.
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Tangney statistics (1911)
Number: 234
Rank: 2,276
Average Age: 26
Tangneyin the USA (2020)
Number: 724
Rank: 33,810
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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