Lanigan family name history and map
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Lanigan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 529 people named Lanigan in Ireland; roughly one in every 8,300 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 279 men and 249 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Lanigan in Ireland
Kilkenny was Lanigan country: 33.6% of them (178 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tipperary (160), Dublin (66), Waterford (38) and Donegal (18).
Lanigan average age in 1911
The average Lanigan in 1911 was 28.4 years old, 27.4 for men and 29.6 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.
Lanigan literacy in 1911
Of the Lanigans whose literacy was recorded, 83.2% could both read and write, 2.1% could read but not write, and 14.6% 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.
Lanigan common first names
The most common male names were James (35), John, Michael, Patrick and William. For women it was Mary (41), followed by Margaret, Ellen, Bridget and Catherine.
Lanigan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Lanigan's census form was "Scholar"; 24.6% (130) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.2%), general labourer (4%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.8%) and farm labourer (3.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.1% of all Lanigans, followed by general labourers, retail & commerce and domestic service.
What religion is Lanigan?
Lanigans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 94.3% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (2.1%) and Presbyterian (1.1%).
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Lanigan statistics (1911)
Number: 529
Rank: 1,296
Average Age: 28
Lanigan in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,255
Rank: 13,017
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
