O'Flanagan family name history
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O'Flanagan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 153 people named O'Flanagan in Ireland; roughly one in every 29,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 73 men and 80 women.
Counties with O'Flanagan in Ireland
Dublin was O'Flanagan country: 37.3% of them (57 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Clare (30), Laois (14), Tipperary (13) and Waterford (8).
O'Flanagan average age in 1911
The average O'Flanagan in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 27.1 for men and 30.6 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.
O'Flanagan literacy in 1911
Of the O'Flanagans whose literacy was recorded, 89.9% could both read and write, 1.4% could read but not write, and 8.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 90.9% reading and writing against 88.7% 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.
O'Flanagan common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (8), John, Michael, William and James. For women it was Mary (13), followed by Bridget, Ellen, Margaret and Catherine.
O'Flanagan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an O'Flanagan's census form was "Scholar"; 24.2% (37) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (7.2%), no occupation / dependent (3.3%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.3%) and housekeeper (2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 7.2% of all O'Flanagans, followed by retail & commerce, professional and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is O'Flanagan?
O'Flanagans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.7%).
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O'Flanagan statistics (1911)
Number: 153
Rank: 2,966
Average Age: 29
O'Flanaganin the USA (2020)
Number: 271
Rank: 76,478
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
