Dougan family name history and map
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Dougan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 643 people named Dougan in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,800 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 326 men and 316 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties and map with Dougan in Ireland
Antrim was Dougan country: 32.2% of them (207 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (205), Down (124), Derry (34) and Monaghan (21).
Dougan average age in 1911
The average Dougan in 1911 was 27.9 years old, 26.7 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.
Dougan literacy in 1911
Of the Dougans whose literacy was recorded, 79.1% could both read and write, 5% could read but not write, and 15.9% 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.
Dougan common first names
The most common male names were John (41), James, William, Thomas and Robert. For women it was Mary (28), followed by Annie, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret.
Dougan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Dougan's census form was "Scholar"; 21% (135) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.5%), textile worker (9.5%), general labourer (3.9%) and metal worker / engineer (2.6%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 13.1% of all Dougans, followed by agriculture, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Dougan?
The largest religious group among Dougans was Presbyterian, at 38.1%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (28.1%), Anglican (24.7%), Methodist (5.4%) and Unitarian (1.2%).
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Dougan statistics (1911)
Number: 643
Rank: 1,098
Average Age: 28
Dougan in the USA (2020)
Number: 3,135
Rank: 9,841
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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