Colligan family name history
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Colligan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 126 people named Colligan in Ireland; roughly one in every 35,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 79 women to 47 men.
Counties with Colligan in Ireland
Antrim was Colligan country: 27.8% of them (35 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (23), Armagh (14), Roscommon (13) and Down (8).
Colligan average age in 1911
The average Colligan in 1911 was 31.7 years old, 31.7 for men and 31.8 for women; slightly older 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.
Colligan literacy in 1911
Of the Colligans whose literacy was recorded, 76.9% could both read and write, 5.8% could read but not write, and 17.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 82.1% reading and writing against 67.4% 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.
Colligan common first names
The most common male names were Joseph (6), Edward, John, Patrick and Thomas. For women it was Mary (16), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Eliza and Elizabeth.
Colligan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Colligan's census form was "Scholar"; 22.2% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (10.3%), general labourer (7.9%), farmer (5.6%) and domestic servant (3.2%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 12.7% of all Colligans, followed by general labourers, agriculture and building & construction.
What religion is Colligan?
Colligans were predominantly Roman Catholic (82.5%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (17.5%).
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Colligan statistics (1911)
Number: 126
Rank: 3,348
Average Age: 32
Colliganin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,891
Rank: 15,001
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
