Sample of Surnames from the Census of 1911 of Ireland
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SAMPLE OF SURNAMES FROM THE CENSUS OF 1911 OF IRELAND Compiled by Frank O’Donovan On the Tables below I have listed almost three quarters of the Surnames on the Census of all 32 counties in Ireland in 1911. Murphy was clearly the most common Surname in this sample followed by Kelly. I should emphasise this is from the 1,888 surnames I selected. Interesting too that the sample in Table 2 includes 22 surnames where that surname appears just once in the whole country. Table 1, the first section, is in descending order of occurrences of the 300 most frequently occurring surnames from the 1,888 sample of surnames I selected. It gives Surname, the frequency of occurrences of that Surname and that surname as a percentage of the total population. So the Surname of Murphy was used in 55,673 instances, or 1.270% of all the names of the 4,384,519 people in the country. The use of O’ in the surname was increasing too by 1911 but generally such occurrences were well below the numbers who were not using the O’. Example is in Donovan / O’Donovan in this link. http://bmdnotices.com/remembrance-garden-book/viewremembranceold.aspx?remembranceid=19 However we do see that O’Brien, O’Neill (ONeill) and O’Connor (OConnor) did embrace the O’ in their respective names as with Brien / O’Brien in http://bmdnotices.com/remembrance-garden-book/viewremembranceold.aspx?remembranceid=140 I was surprised by the frequent occurrences of some names and equally the more infrequent number of other surnames. As I said in my Sample of First Names from the Census of 1911 of Ireland we each think of the popularly used names in our own local area. Some names are more popular in different parts of the country of course. So we next look at the top 300 surnames from the sample. Frank Email: [email protected] Name Frequency % of total Name Frequency % of total Murphy 55,673 1.270% Barry 9,343 0.213% Kelly 45,741 1.043% Connell 9,277 0.212% Walsh 34,336 0.783% Keane 9,234 0.211% Ryan 30,594 0.698% O'Sullivan 9,167 0.209% Sullivan 28,873 0.659% Casey 9,139 0.208% Byrne 28,604 0.652% Ward 9,100 0.208% O'Brien 24,519 0.559% McMahon 9,052 0.206% Doyle 20,363 0.464% Cunningham 8,942 0.204% Reilly 19,551 0.446% Kenny 8,941 0.204% Gallagher 19,039 0.434% Stewart 8,890 0.203% McCarthy 18,515 0.422% Donovan 8,822 0.201% O'Neill 18,386 0.419% Graham 8,730 0.199% Murray 18,326 0.418% Foley 8,725 0.199% Doherty 17,779 0.405% Kavanagh 8,660 0.198% Lynch 17,598 0.401% Donnelly 8,632 0.197% Kennedy 17,562 0.401% McDonnell 8,551 0.195% O'Connor 16,876 0.385% Carthy 8,545 0.195% Connor 16,543 0.377% McKenna 8,486 0.194% Smyth 16,477 0.376% Robinson 8,481 0.193% Quinn 15,906 0.363% Whelan 8,263 0.188% Smith 15,400 0.351% Hamilton 8,240 0.188% Moore 15,397 0.351% Callaghan 8,128 0.185% Brennan 14,571 0.332% Shea 7,977 0.182% Burke 14,251 0.325% Mahon 7,883 0.180% Campbell 14,227 0.324% McLaughlin 7,817 0.178% Wilson 14,127 0.322% Higgins 7,680 0.175% Daly 14,097 0.322% Maher 7,680 0.175% Clarke 14,069 0.321% Scott 7,679 0.175% Carroll 13,788 0.314% Mahony 7,660 0.175% Martin 13,587 0.310% Lyons 7,522 0.172% Flynn 13,561 0.309% Griffin 7,519 0.171% O'Donnell 13,513 0.308% King 7,438 0.170% Collins 13,109 0.299% Bell 7,365 0.168% Johnston 12,973 0.296% Hogan 7,328 0.167% Brien 12,818 0.292% Roche 7,322 0.167% Fitzgerald 12,733 0.290% Browne 7,297 0.166% Farrell 12,543 0.286% O'Connell 7,286 0.166% Dunne 12,307 0.281% Curran 7,223 0.165% Nolan 11,836 0.270% Cullen 7,211 0.164% Connolly 11,742 0.268% McDonald 7,176 0.164% Duffy 11,718 0.267% McCann 7,164 0.163% Hughes 11,649 0.266% Reid 7,164 0.163% Thompson 11,630 0.265% Burns 7,095 0.162% Brown 11,583 0.264% Egan 7,051 0.161% McGrath 11,130 0.254% McDermott 6,900 0.157% Neill 10,917 0.249% Anderson 6,774 0.154% Power 10,729 0.245% Conway 6,748 0.154% Boyle 10,726 0.245% Buckley 6,724 0.153% Brady 10,724 0.245% Allen 6,707 0.153% Moran 10,562 0.241% Flanagan 6,685 0.152% Healy 10,485 0.239% Sheehan 6,665 0.152% White 9,786 0.223% McLoughlin 6,643 0.152% Hayes 9,773 0.223% McNamara 6,599 0.151% Fitzpatrick 9,617 0.219% Taylor 6,429 0.147% Maguire 9,455 0.216% Cronin 6,403 0.146% Sweeney 9,386 0.214% Regan 6,306 0.144% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sample of surnames in Census 1911 Compiled by Frank O’Donovan November 2015 Page 2 of 15 Name Frequency % of total Name Frequency % of total Dwyer 6,297 0.144% O'Reilly 4,566 0.104% Donnell 6,292 0.144% Watson 4,560 0.104% Kane 6,207 0.142% Malone 4,555 0.104% Butler 6,182 0.141% Ferguson 4,550 0.104% McCabe 6,153 0.140% Hurley 4,544 0.104% McHugh 6,062 0.138% Wright 4,527 0.103% Cahill 6,056 0.138% Keenan 4,519 0.103% Boyd 6,045 0.138% Crawford 4,493 0.102% Armstrong 5,989 0.137% Carey 4,483 0.102% Hickey 5,980 0.136% Madden 4,475 0.102% Barrett 5,938 0.135% O'Shea 4,474 0.102% Moloney 5,928 0.135% McGovern 4,454 0.102% Joyce 5,910 0.135% Coyle 4,429 0.101% Fleming 5,854 0.134% Costello 4,419 0.101% Mooney 5,833 0.133% Gibson 4,415 0.101% McCormack 5,782 0.132% Dillon 4,408 0.101% Rooney 5,756 0.131% McManus 4,390 0.100% Kerr 5,753 0.131% Donohoe 4,384 0.100% Leary 5,726 0.131% Doran 4,381 0.100% Kearney 5,703 0.130% Driscoll 4,378 0.100% Patterson 5,653 0.129% Dowling 4,368 0.100% Dolan 5,649 0.129% Hegarty 4,337 0.099% Woods 5,554 0.127% Black 4,335 0.099% Crowley 5,539 0.126% Bourke 4,331 0.099% Molloy 5,502 0.125% Long 4,317 0.098% Gorman 5,491 0.125% Keogh 4,290 0.098% Fox 5,484 0.125% O'Hara 4,276 0.098% McDonagh 5,482 0.125% Keating 4,265 0.097% O'Leary 5,481 0.125% Devlin 4,230 0.096% McBride 5,427 0.124% Mullen 4,212 0.096% Jones 5,417 0.124% Hennessy 4,200 0.096% Wallace 5,344 0.122% Gordon 4,163 0.095% Cassidy 5,319 0.121% Hunter 4,136 0.094% Henry 5,304 0.121% Hall 4,127 0.094% Mitchell 5,259 0.120% Morrison 4,119 0.094% Sheridan 5,200 0.119% Craig 4,117 0.094% Russell 5,121 0.117% Forde 4,116 0.094% Bradley 5,091 0.116% Mulligan 4,105 0.094% Magee 5,065 0.116% McKee 4,073 0.093% Delaney 5,027 0.115% Redmond 4,058 0.093% O'Keeffe 5,025 0.115% Irwin 4,048 0.092% Riordan 5,002 0.114% Leonard 4,046 0.092% Reynolds 4,916 0.112% Monaghan 4,039 0.092% Lee 4,898 0.112% Gray 4,024 0.092% Young 4,879 0.111% Harrington 4,023 0.092% Morgan 4,863 0.111% Meehan 4,023 0.092% McKeown 4,853 0.111% Conroy 4,004 0.091% Cleary 4,834 0.110% McNally 4,004 0.091% Corcoran 4,772 0.109% Jackson 3,984 0.091% McGowan 4,726 0.108% McCormick 3,952 0.090% Duggan 4,711 0.107% Flaherty 3,929 0.090% Coleman 4,684 0.107% Morris 3,928 0.090% Dempsey 4,608 0.105% Montgomery 3,923 0.089% Hill 4,607 0.105% Gleeson 3,913 0.089% Phelan 4,607 0.105% Finn 3,898 0.089% Breen 4,574 0.104% Kelleher 3,889 0.089% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sample of surnames in Census 1911 Compiled by Frank O’Donovan November 2015 Page 3 of 15 Name Frequency % of total Name Frequency % of total McDowell 3,883 0.089% Conlon 3,269 0.075% Davis 3,882 0.089% Green 3,252 0.074% Coffey 3,866 0.088% Greene 3,242 0.074% Ahern 3,852 0.088% Mullan 3,235 0.074% O'Callaghan 3,820 0.087% McGuire 3,227 0.074% Tobin 3,819 0.087% Bennett 3,223 0.074% Lennon 3,802 0.087% Simpson 3,221 0.073% Williams 3,765 0.086% Grady 3,206 0.073% Leahy 3,751 0.086% Lawlor 3,199 0.073% McConnell 3,678 0.084% Carson 3,162 0.072% Connors 3,667 0.084% Keegan 3,144 0.072% Millar 3,667 0.084% Nugent 3,130 0.071% Rourke 3,637 0.083% Morrissey 3,102 0.071% Clancy 3,632 0.083% Tierney 3,077 0.070% Hynes 3,622 0.083% Cooke 3,033 0.069% Carr 3,573 0.081% Kinsella 3,031 0.069% Hanna 3,548 0.081% Galvin 3,029 0.069% Cooney 3,513 0.080% Clifford 3,026 0.069% Quigley 3,507 0.080% Glynn 3,022 0.069% Toole 3,504 0.080% Ross 3,020 0.069% McEvoy 3,493 0.080% Conneely 3,013 0.069% Shaw 3,493 0.080% Coughlan 3,011 0.069% Morrow 3,478 0.079% Mannion 3,006 0.069% Larkin 3,463 0.079% McNulty 3,004 0.069% Hanlon 3,462 0.079% McGuinness 3,001 0.068% Cummins 3,443 0.079% Corrigan 2,992 0.068% Donoghue 3,442 0.079% Kearns 2,985 0.068% Dalton 3,438 0.078% Gibbons 2,977 0.068% Gillespie 3,435 0.078% Henderson 2,965 0.068% Harte 3,423 0.078% Gill 2,961 0.068% Rogers 3,418 0.078% Devine 2,952 0.067% Keeffe 3,378 0.077% Orr 2,951 0.067% Jordan 3,375 0.077% McFadden 2,944 0.067% Rice 3,347 0.076% Farrelly 2,937 0.067% Adams 3,330 0.076% Flood 2,925 0.067% Shannon 3,328 0.076% Kiernan 2,919 0.067% Grant 3,300 0.075% Stevenson 2,898 0.066% Downey 3,291 0.075% Twomey 2,891 0.066% Return to History/Genealogy Table 2 below lists the names in alphabetical order and it represents 73.788% of the population, or 3,235,240 people in Ireland in 1911.