Horigan family name history and map
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Horigan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 56 people named Horigan in Ireland; roughly one in every 78,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 30 men and 26 women.
Counties with Horigan in Ireland
Tipperary was Horigan country: 33.9% of them (19 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (12), Clare (10), Limerick (7) and Kerry (5).
Horigan average age in 1911
The average Horigan in 1911 was 30.9 years old, 30.8 for men and 31.1 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.
Horigan literacy in 1911
Of the Horigans whose literacy was recorded, 58.2% could both read and write, 5.5% could read but not write, and 36.4% 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.
Horigan common first names
The most common male names were John (4), Michael, Patrick, James and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (3), followed by Ellen, Maria, Mary Ellen and Nannie T.
Horigan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Horigan's census form was "Scholar"; 16.1% (9) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (14.3%), domestic servant (10.7%), farmer (7.1%) and general labourer (7.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 21.4% of all Horigans, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retired & pensioners.
What religion is Horigan?
Horigans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Horigan statistics (1911)
Number: 56
Rank: 5,405
Average Age: 31
Horigan in the USA (2020)
Number: 344
Rank: 62,792
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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