Dargan family name history and map
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Dargan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 301 people named Dargan in Ireland; roughly one in every 15,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 152 men and 149 women.
Counties with Dargan in Ireland
Dublin was Dargan country: 25.2% of them (76 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Westmeath (44), Tipperary (37), Carlow (34) and Antrim (23).
Dargan average age in 1911
The average Dargan in 1911 was 27.4 years old, 25.7 for men and 29.2 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.
Dargan literacy in 1911
Of the Dargans whose literacy was recorded, 79.9% could both read and write, 2.8% could read but not write, and 17.3% 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.
Dargan common first names
The most common male names were Michael (20), James, Patrick, John and Edward. For women it was Mary (26), followed by Catherine, Margaret, Bridget and Ellen.
Dargan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Dargan's census form was "Scholar"; 26.2% (79) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10%), general labourer (5.3%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.3%) and domestic servant (4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 11.3% of all Dargans, followed by general labourers, retail & commerce and domestic service.
What religion is Dargan?
Dargans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 96.7% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.3%).
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Dargan statistics (1911)
Number: 301
Rank: 1,907
Average Age: 27
Darganin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,636
Rank: 16,978
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
