Tennant family name history
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Tennant in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 128 people named Tennant in Ireland; roughly one in every 34,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 77 women to 50 men. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Tennant in Ireland in 1911
Antrim was Tennant country: 28.1% of them (36 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (29), Carlow (15), Wexford (14) and Galway (9).
Tennant average age in 1911
The average Tennant in 1911 was 30.0 years old, 29.4 for men and 30.4 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Tennant literacy in 1911
Of the Tennants whose literacy was recorded, 84% could both read and write, 4.8% could read but not write, and 11.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 87.8% reading and writing against 81.3% 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.
Tennant common first names
The most common male names were John (8), William, Robert, Thomas and Andrew. For women it was Annie (6), followed by Mary, Agnes, Anne and Christina.
Tennant occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Tennant's census form was "Scholar"; 26.6% (34) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (9.4%), farmer (7%), domestic servant (3.9%) and general labourer (2.3%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 13.3% of all Tennants, followed by agriculture, domestic service and retail & commerce.
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Tennant statistics (1911)
128 in Ireland
3322 most common surname in Ireland
30 average age
Tennantin the USA (2020)
8601 in USA (2020)
4008 rank in USA (2020)
