Moohan family name history and map

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Moohan in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded 174 people named Moohan in Ireland; roughly one in every 25,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 87 men and 87 women.

Counties with Moohan in Ireland

Fermanagh was Moohan country: 42% of them (73 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Donegal (67), Sligo (20), Leitrim (9) and Derry (2).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

Moohan average age in 1911

The average Moohan in 1911 was 31.6 years old, 29.8 for men and 33.3 for women; slightly older 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.

Moohan literacy in 1911

Of the Moohans whose literacy was recorded, 69.4% could both read and write, 3.5% could read but not write, and 27.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 72.1% reading and writing against 66.7% of men. 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.

Moohan common first names

The most common male names were James (11), Patrick, John, Thomas and Michael; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Bridget (12), followed by Ellen, Mary, Catherine and Maggie.

Moohan occupations in 1911

The most common occupation among Moohans was farmer, 21.3% of them (37 people). Next came scholar / student (19.5%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.4%), farm labourer (2.9%) and seamstress (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 24.7% of all Moohans, followed by textiles & clothing, retail & commerce and domestic service.

What religion is Moohan?

Moohans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.

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Moohan statistics (1911)

Number: 174
Rank: 2,734
Average Age: 32

Moohanin the USA (2020)

Number: 0
Rank: 0

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

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