Colquhoun family name history and map
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Colquhoun in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 84 people named Colquhoun in Ireland; roughly one in every 52,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 49 women to 35 men.
Counties with Colquhoun in Ireland
Antrim was Colquhoun country: 33.3% of them (28 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Derry (14), Down (13), Donegal (12) and Cork (4).
Colquhoun average age in 1911
The average Colquhoun in 1911 was 33.4 years old, 31.3 for men and 35.0 for women; noticeably 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.
Colquhoun literacy in 1911
Of the Colquhouns whose literacy was recorded, 91.7% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 8.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 95.9% reading and writing against 85.7% 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.
Colquhoun common first names
The most common male names were William (5), Thomas, Alexander, David and Francis James. For women it was Ruby (3), followed by Agnes, Eva, Frances M and Gladys.
Colquhoun occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Colquhoun's census form was "Scholar"; 15.5% (13) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (4.8%), agent / manager (3.6%), farmer (3.6%) and clergy / religious (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 9.5% of all Colquhouns, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and professional.
What religion is Colquhoun?
Most Colquhouns, 64.3%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (26.2%), Roman Catholic (8.3%) and No Religion (1.2%).
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Colquhoun statistics (1911)
Number: 84
Rank: 4,296
Average Age: 33
Colquhounin the USA (2020)
Number: 755
Rank: 32,616
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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