Tennyson family name history
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Tennyson in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 116 people named Tennyson in Ireland; roughly one in every 38,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 62 men and 54 women.
Counties with Tennyson in Ireland
Armagh was Tennyson country: 36.2% of them (42 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kilkenny (28), Antrim (13), Down (13) and Louth (8).
Tennyson average age in 1911
The average Tennyson in 1911 was 28.4 years old, 29.9 for men and 26.7 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.
Tennyson literacy in 1911
Of the Tennysons whose literacy was recorded, 63.8% could both read and write, 7.8% could read but not write, and 28.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 70.4% reading and writing against 58.1% of men. 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.
Tennyson common first names
The most common male names were David (9), James, Patrick, Thomas and Edward. For women it was Sarah (6), followed by Mary, Annie, Bridget and Catherine.
Tennyson occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Tennyson's census form was "Scholar"; 19% (22) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.5%), general labourer (9.5%), fisherman (6.9%) and textile worker (4.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.2% of all Tennysons, followed by general labourers, fishing and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Tennyson?
Tennysons were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 97.4% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (2.6%).
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Tennyson statistics (1911)
Number: 116
Rank: 3,521
Average Age: 28
Tennysonin the USA (2020)
Number: 3,921
Rank: 8,093
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
