Broughan family name history and map
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Broughan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 115 people named Broughan in Ireland; roughly one in every 38,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 60 men and 55 women.
Counties with Broughan in Ireland
Carlow was Broughan country: 26.1% of them (30 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Wicklow (25), Kildare (18), Dublin (14) and Clare (10).
Broughan average age in 1911
The average Broughan in 1911 was 25.5 years old, 24.2 for men and 26.9 for women; noticeably 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.
Broughan literacy in 1911
Of the Broughans whose literacy was recorded, 84.2% could both read and write, 2.6% could read but not write, and 13.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.3% reading and writing against 81.4% 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.
Broughan common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (9), John, Michael, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (8), followed by Margaret, Catherine, Bridget and Ellen.
Broughan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Broughan's census form was "Scholar"; 22.6% (26) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (15.7%), general labourer (7%), farm labourer (6.1%) and other maker / factory worker (2.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.7% of all Broughans, followed by general labourers, domestic service and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Broughan?
Broughans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Broughan statistics (1911)
Number: 115
Rank: 3,542
Average Age: 26
Broughanin 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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