Carrigan family name history and map
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Carrigan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 471 people named Carrigan in Ireland; roughly one in every 9,300 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 228 men and 242 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Carrigan in Ireland
Tipperary had the largest share of Carrigans, 22.3% (105 people). Next came Leitrim (74), Cavan (70), Kilkenny (48) and Antrim (33).
Carrigan average age in 1911
The average Carrigan in 1911 was 30.0 years old, 28.8 for men and 31.1 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Carrigan literacy in 1911
Of the Carrigans whose literacy was recorded, 79.4% could both read and write, 3.6% could read but not write, and 17% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and women. 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.
Carrigan common first names
The most common male names were James (31), Patrick, John, Michael and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (32), followed by Margaret, Bridget, Ellen and Maggie.
Carrigan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Carrigan's census form was "Scholar"; 23.1% (109) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (21.9%), general labourer (3.4%), domestic servant (2.8%) and farm labourer (2.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 25.3% of all Carrigans, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Carrigan?
Carrigans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 93.6% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (5.3%), Presbyterian (0.4%) and Methodist (0.2%).
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Carrigan statistics (1911)
Number: 471
Rank: 1,405
Average Age: 30
Carrigan in the USA (2020)
Number: 5,980
Rank: 5,610
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.