Dornan family name history and map
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Dornan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 557 people named Dornan in Ireland; roughly one in every 7,900 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 264 men and 290 women. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Dornan in Ireland
The Dornans were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 51.7% of them (288 people). Next came Down (219), Dublin (31), Armagh (9) and Derry (6).
Dornan average age in 1911
The average Dornan in 1911 was 28.1 years old, 25.8 for men and 30.2 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.
Dornan literacy in 1911
Of the Dornans whose literacy was recorded, 79.9% could both read and write, 5% could read but not write, and 15.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 84.3% reading and writing against 75.8% of 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.
Dornan common first names
The most common male names were John (35), James, William, Thomas and Robert. For women it was Mary (23), followed by Margaret, Elizabeth, Annie and Jane.
Dornan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Dornan's census form was "Scholar"; 18.1% (101) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (11.1%), farmer (7.7%), general labourer (3.8%) and domestic servant (2.3%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 13.8% of all Dornans, followed by agriculture, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Dornan?
The largest religious group among Dornans was Roman Catholic, at 42.2%. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (30.3%), Anglican (20.3%), Methodist (2.7%) and Moravian (1.3%).
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Dornan statistics (1911)
Number: 557
Rank: 1,238
Average Age: 28
Dornanin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,067
Rank: 24,443
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
