Arrigan family name history and map
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Arrigan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 77 people named Arrigan in Ireland; roughly one in every 57,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 40 men and 37 women.
Counties with Arrigan in Ireland
The Arrigans were heavily concentrated in Tipperary, home to 66.2% of them (51 people). Next came Waterford (26).
Arrigan average age in 1911
The average Arrigan in 1911 was 27.0 years old, 26.1 for men and 28.0 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.
Arrigan literacy in 1911
Of the Arrigans whose literacy was recorded, 79.7% could both read and write, 5.4% could read but not write, and 14.9% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 82.4% reading and writing against 77.5% 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.
Arrigan common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (8), James, John, Thomas and Michael; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Johanna, Bridget, Catherine and Ellen.
Arrigan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Arrigan's census form was "Scholar"; 36.4% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (6.5%), fisherman (5.2%), carpenter / joiner (3.9%) and farmer (3.9%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 6.5% of all Arrigans, followed by textiles & clothing, agriculture and building & construction.
What religion is Arrigan?
Arrigans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.7% of them.
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Arrigan statistics (1911)
Number: 77
Rank: 4,508
Average Age: 27
Arriganin the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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