Donnan family name history and map
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Donnan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 394 people named Donnan in Ireland; roughly one in every 11,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 203 men and 190 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Donnan in Ireland
The Donnans were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 83.5% of them (329 people). Next came Antrim (42), Cork (10), Louth (7) and Dublin (4).
Donnan average age in 1911
The average Donnan in 1911 was 30.2 years old, 29.0 for men and 31.5 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.
Donnan literacy in 1911
Of the Donnans whose literacy was recorded, 82.5% could both read and write, 4.2% could read but not write, and 13.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 85.7% reading and writing against 79.6% 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.
Donnan common first names
The most common male names were James (26), William, John, Robert and Hugh. For women it was Annie (17), followed by Sarah, Maggie, Mary and Lizzie.
Donnan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Donnan's census form was "Scholar"; 16.2% (64) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.6%), seamstress (4.6%), farm labourer (4.3%) and fisherman (4.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14% of all Donnans, followed by textiles & clothing, fishing and retail & commerce.
What religion is Donnan?
Most Donnans, 62.9%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (16.2%), Roman Catholic (15.7%), Unitarian (1.8%) and Methodist (1.3%).
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Donnan statistics (1911)
Number: 394
Rank: 1,587
Average Age: 30
Donnanin the USA (2020)
Number: 818
Rank: 30,557
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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