A
statistical analysis of the surname Kaighin as found in the
International
Genealogical Index (IGI) for the
1611-1883
The following statistics represent entries in the
International Genealogical Index (IGI) for all Kaighins and Kaighin variants
between the years of 1611 and 1883 in the Isle of Man. The data was extracted from the March 1992
IGI microfiche version so it does not include data from the online IGI version
found at www.familysearch.org. This is not a strict total of all Kaighin
individuals as many have up to six entries for the same event, and many do not
show up at all in the IGI. There are an
estimated 753 unique individuals represented in the 1127 entries. As of November 2004, I have found an
additional 119 unique individuals on the
This data is meant to be used as a means to gauge
demographics and trending. Some
comparisons between the data found in the IGI and Kaighins now found in public
directories (2004) can be found at the bottom.
Interesting facts:
9
Illegitimate children.
22 Spelling variations of
Kaighin
50
Family groupings (for the time period 1611-1883 on the Isle of Man. The criteria
for this statistic is one or
more individual(s) with parents
who were married with an identified marriage date, or two or more
individuals with the same
identified parents regardless if a marriage date is known. Six of these
families emigrated after either
the date of marriage or date of first born.)
3
Kaighin to Kaighin cousin marriages. (two
first cousin marriages, one third cousin marriage.)
Most
variations of a Christian name – Eleanor (8). They are
Ell, Elle, Ellen, Ellenor, Ellin,
Ellinor, Ellinr and
Eleanor.
78 Infant or child deaths
(Criteria is that they died before their 18th birthday. There are
probably many more
that I have yet to identify. This is a statistic that is very telling of
the hardship of the times. This equals
an
8.9% child mortality rate,
but this is actually probably much higher.
Compare this to today in the western
world which has a less than 1% child mortality.)
Most common names, John
(100 unique individuals), William (64 unique individuals), Thomas (62 unique
individuals)
Male to Female birth ratio
313/276, or a 53.14% male to 46.85% female ratio. I cannot account for this disparity.
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Statistics for Kaighins in the International
Genealogical Index Total Kaighin marriage
entries 313 Total Kaighin birth entries 187 Total Kaighin
christening entries 622 Total Kaighin will
entries 3 Total Kaighin entries
(all spellings, all events) 1127 Total entries by location (sorted by location): Arbory 5 Ballaugh 52 Douglas St. Barnabas 3 Douglas St. George 9 Douglas St. Matthews 27 Douglas St. Thomas 2 (total Jurby 70 Kirk Andreas 11 Kirk Braddan 40 Kirk Bride 27 Kirk Christ Lezayre 9 Kirk German 249 Kirk German, Peel 11 Kirk German, (total German – 265) Kirk Malew 41 Kirk Maughold 7 Kirk Michael 495 Kirk Patrick 7 Lonan 1 Onchan 10 Ramsey 30 Rushen, Trinity 1 Santon 1 Sulby 3 Total entries by location (sorted by number of
entries) Kirk Michael 495 Kirk German (total) 265 Jurby 70 Ballaugh 52 Kirk Malew 41 Kirk Braddan 40 Ramsey 30 Kirk Bride 27 Onchan 10 Kirk Christ Lezayre 9 Kirk Andreas 11 Kirk Maughold 7 Kirk Patrick 7 Sulby 3 Santon 1 Arbory 1 Rushen, Trinity 1 Lonan 1 |
Totals by surname spelling: Caggin 1766 1 entry 1 Kirk Braddan Caighen 1830 1 entry 1 Lonan Caighin 1806
- 1842 7 entries 6
Ballaugh 1
Ramsey Kaggeen 1841 1
entry 1 Kaghan 1768
- 1847 4 entries 3 Ballaugh 1
Kaghen 1758
- 1820 4 entries 3 Kirk Malew 1
Kaghin 1735
- 1836 18 entries 10 Kirk Malew 3 Kirk Braddan 2
Douglas Saint Mathews 1
Kirk Braddan 1 Kirk Michael 1 Ballaugh Kaigham 1870 1
entry 1
Douglas Saint Barnabas Kaighan 1747 - 1868 20 entries 5
Kirk Michael 3
Kirk Braddan 2
Kirk German 2
Maughold 2
Jurby 1
Ballaugh 1 Douglas Saint Barnabas 1
Douglas Saint George 1
Douglas Saint Mathews 1
Kirk Christ Lezayre 1
Onchan Kaigheen 1874 1
entry 1 Douglas Saint Mathews Kaighein 1857 1 entry 1 Ramsey Kaighen 1616 - 1870 345 entries 206 Kirk Michael 62 Kirk German 17 Jurby 12 Douglas Saint Mathews 13 Kirk Bride 16 Kirk Malew 7 Ballaugh 3 Kirk German, Peel 7
Andreas 3 Kirk Patrick 2 Sulby 2 Arbory 2
Kirk Braddan 1 Kirk Christ Lezayre 1 Kirk German, 1 Onchan 1 Ramsey 1 Santon 1 Rushen Kaigher 1826 1 entry 1 Kirk German Kaighin 1611 - 1883 693 entries 287
Kirk Michael 182
Kirk German 49
Jurby 34 Ballaugh 28
Ramsey 28
Kirk Braddan 14 Kirk Bride 8
Kirk German, Peel 8
Onchan 8
Douglas Saint George 7
Douglas Saint Mathew 9
Kirk Malew 5
Kirk Christ Lezayre 5
Maughold 4
Kirk German, 2
2
Andreas 1
Arbory 1
Kirk Patrick 1 Douglas Saint Barnabas 1
Sulby 1
Marown 1
Douglas Saint Mark Kaighing UNKNOWN 1
Entry 1 Kirk German Kaighn 1709 - 1815 3 entries 2 Jurby 1
Kirk Michael Kaighyn 1748 - 1756 4 entries 4 Kirk Malew Kaughyn 1746 - 1747 3
entries 2
Kirk Michael 1 Kirk Christ Lezayre Keighen 1872 2 entry 1 Kirk Christ Lezayre 1 Kirk Michael Keighin 1872 2 entry 2 Kirk Braddan Keighyn 1781 1 entry 1
Kirk Michael Keigin 1834 1 entry 1 Douglas Saint Mathew Keign 1844 1 entry 1 Arbory |
Many of the above spelling variations are likely due to
clerical error. Errors seem
statistically more likely in parishes where the name wasn’t as common and the
parish clerk wasn’t familiar with the correct spelling. The reader must keep in mind that most
ordinary folk were illiterate and had to rely on the clerks for the spelling of
their name. The three most common forms,
Kaighin, Kaighen and Kaighan are the only three to survive to this day. There is one other variation, Kaighn, which
evolved independent of the
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1611-1883 Kaighins Kaighan – 20 – 1.77% Kaighen – 345 – 30.61% Kaighin – 693 – 61.49% Other variants – 69 –
6.07% 1611-1882 total Kaighin
1127 |
2004 Kaighins Kaighan – 14 – 4.01% Kaighen – 69 – 19.77% Kaighin – 266 – 76.21% 2004 total Kaighins –
349 |
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