Folan

Folan was the number 595 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Folan, MacFolan, McFolan and O'Folan.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Folan by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Oughterard at 2.22%, Clifden at 2.18%, and Galway at 1.52%. 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 Folan by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Selerna in County Galway at 15.96%, Kilcummin in County Galway at 7.66%, and Killannin in County Galway at 7.36%. 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 Folan. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 46.6%, married were 43.33%, and either widowed or widow were 10.07%.

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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 Folan. The most common first name was Mary at 157 people, followed by Bridget at 112 people, John at 95 people, and Michael at 79 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 Folan.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Folan. 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 Folan. The most common occupation was Farmer at 181 people, followed by Farmers Son at 153 people, and Farmers Daughter at 50 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Folan 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 Galway at 0.74%, followed by Cavan at 0.01%, Kerry at 0.0%, and Westmeath 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 Folan. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 52.66%, read only were 3.58%, and not able to read or write were 43.76%.

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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 Folan. The proportion who could speak Irish was 85.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 15.0%.

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