Durkan

Durkan was the number 562 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Durkan, MacDurkan, McDurkan and O'Durkan.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Durkan by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Swinford at 1.72%, Tubbercurry at 1.17%, and Ballina at 1.07%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.

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2. Proportion of Population by DED

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Durkan by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Cuildoo in County Mayo at 9.89%, Callow in County Mayo at 4.97%, and Sallymount in County Mayo at 4.79%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.

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3. Marital Status

The pie chart shows the marital status of the population with surname Durkan. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 46.13%, married were 41.99%, and either widowed or widow were 11.88%.

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4. Most Common Forenames

The table shown here displays the top 10 first names by the number of people who had the surname Durkan. The most common first name was Mary at 157 people, followed by John at 130 people, Bridget at 126 people, and Patrick at 103 people.

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5. Population Pyramid

The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of people with the surname Durkan.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Durkan. Each religion has been rounded to the nearest whole percentage and any religion less than 3% has been classified as other. The most common religion was Catholic at 100.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Durkan. The most common occupation was Farmer at 244 people, followed by Farmers Son at 134 people, and Farmers Daughter at 52 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Durkan who were born in each of the counties in Ireland. Unlike the proportion of the population above, this is the reported birthplace on the census. The counties with the highest proportion from it were Mayo at 0.6%, followed by Sligo at 0.31%, Roscommon at 0.01%, and Longford at 0.0%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.

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9. Literacy

For the literacy pie chart shown, there are three categories, one for those who could read and write, another for those who could read only and the final for those who could not read or write. The pie chart is based on the population with surname Durkan. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 77.32%, read only were 3.0%, and not able to read or write were 19.68%.

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10. Irish Language

The bar shown here is the percentage (in green) who could speak Irish while the percentage in red were those who do not speak Irish or if the census entry was blank or unknown for the population with surname Durkan. The proportion who could speak Irish was 42.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 58.0%.

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