Moughan family name history and map
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Moughan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 94 people named Moughan in Ireland; roughly one in every 47,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 52 men to 42 women.
Counties with Moughan in Ireland
Mayo was Moughan country: 40.4% of them (38 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Galway (29), Dublin (8), Sligo (8) and Westmeath (5).
Moughan average age in 1911
The average Moughan in 1911 was 27.2 years old, 27.0 for men and 27.5 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.
Moughan literacy in 1911
Of the Moughans whose literacy was recorded, 65.5% could both read and write, 6.9% could read but not write, and 27.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 66.7% reading and writing against 64.1% of 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.
Moughan common first names
The most common male names were John (11), Patrick, Thomas, James and Henry. For women it was Mary (8), followed by Bridget, Annie, Kate and Margaret.
Moughan occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Moughans was farmer, 27.7% of them (26 people). Next came scholar / student (18.1%), general labourer (3.2%), metal worker / engineer (2.1%) and domestic servant (1.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 28.7% of all Moughans, followed by general labourers, metal & engineering and domestic service.
What religion is Moughan?
Moughans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Moughan statistics (1911)
Number: 94
Rank: 4,016
Average Age: 27
Moughan in the USA (2020)
Number: 237
Rank: 85,054
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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