Cahalan family name history and map
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Cahalan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 205 people named Cahalan in Ireland; roughly one in every 21,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 110 men and 95 women.
Counties with Cahalan in Ireland
The Cahalans were heavily concentrated in Tipperary, home to 55.6% of them (114 people). Next came Galway (50), Cork (13), Dublin (9) and Clare (6).
Cahalan average age in 1911
The average Cahalan in 1911 was 27.1 years old, 27.3 for men and 26.9 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.
Cahalan literacy in 1911
Of the Cahalans whose literacy was recorded, 79.7% could both read and write, 5.2% could read but not write, and 15.1% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 85.1% reading and writing against 75.2% 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.
Cahalan common first names
The most common male names were John (13), Michael, James, Patrick and Denis. For women it was Mary (20), followed by Bridget, Norah, Annie and Margaret.
Cahalan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Cahalan's census form was "Scholar"; 26.3% (54) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (21.5%), domestic servant (2.4%), farm labourer (2.4%) and carpenter / joiner (2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 23.9% of all Cahalans, followed by domestic service, retail & commerce and building & construction.
What religion is Cahalan?
Cahalans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Cahalan statistics (1911)
Number: 205
Rank: 2,468
Average Age: 27
Cahalanin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,019
Rank: 25,434
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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