Gaughan family name history and map
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Gaughan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 873 people named Gaughan in Ireland; roughly one in every 5,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 434 men and 436 women. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Gaughan in Ireland
The Gaughans were heavily concentrated in Mayo, home to 93% of them (812 people). Next came Sligo (38), Cork (8), Dublin (4) and Leitrim (4).
Gaughan average age in 1911
The average Gaughan in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 28.3 for men and 29.4 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.
Gaughan literacy in 1911
Of the Gaughans whose literacy was recorded, 63.5% could both read and write, 4.2% could read but not write, and 32.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 68.6% reading and writing against 58.3% 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.
Gaughan common first names
The most common male names were John (72), Patrick, Michael, James and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (86), followed by Bridget, Anne, Annie and Ellen.
Gaughan occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Gaughans was farmer, 29.7% of them (259 people). Next came scholar / student (15.5%), domestic servant (2.1%), general labourer (2.1%) and farm labourer (1.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 31.6% of all Gaughans, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Gaughan?
Gaughans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.1% of them.
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Gaughan statistics (1911)
Number: 873
Rank: 875
Average Age: 29
Gaughan in the USA (2020)
Number: 3,258
Rank: 9,543
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.