Halloran family name history and map

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Halloran

Halloran in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded 1,855 people named Halloran in Ireland, about 0.042% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 473rd most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 944 men and 910 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)

Counties with Halloran in Ireland

Galway was Halloran country: 28.6% of them (530 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Clare (384), Cork (301), Kerry (187) and Tipperary (168).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

Halloran average age in 1911

The average Halloran in 1911 was 29.7 years old, 29.4 for men and 30.1 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.

Halloran literacy in 1911

Of the Hallorans whose literacy was recorded, 70.2% could both read and write, 3.5% could read but not write, and 26.2% 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.

Halloran common first names

The most common male names were John (156), Michael, Patrick, Thomas and James; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (199), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Kate and Ellen.

Halloran occupations in 1911

The most common entry on a Halloran's census form was "Scholar"; 20.5% (381) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (20.3%), general labourer (5.1%), farm labourer (5%) and domestic servant (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 26% of all Hallorans, followed by general labourers, domestic service and retired & pensioners.

What religion is Halloran?

Hallorans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.4% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.3%) and Methodist (0.1%).

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Halloran statistics (1911)

Number: 1,855
Rank: 473
Average Age: 30

Halloranin the USA (2020)

Number: 5,141
Rank: 6,365

Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero. 

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Colleran
298 people in 1911
O'Halloran
1346 people in 1911

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