Houlihan

Houlihan was the number 661 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Houlihan, MacHoulihan, McHoulihan and O'Houlihan.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Houlihan by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Dingle at 0.71%, Listowel at 0.47%, and Castletown at 0.46%. 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 Houlihan by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Ballyconry in County Kerry at 8.41%, Marhin in County Kerry at 6.71%, and Cahermurphy East Clare in County Clare at 6.19%. 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 Houlihan. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 51.05%, married were 37.88%, and either widowed or widow were 11.07%.

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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 Houlihan. The most common first name was Mary at 125 people, followed by John at 116 people, Patrick at 81 people, and Michael at 66 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 Houlihan.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Houlihan. 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 Houlihan. The most common occupation was Farmer at 106 people, followed by Farmers Son at 50 people, and Agricultural Labourer at 34 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Houlihan 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 Kerry at 0.26%, followed by Clare at 0.18%, Limerick at 0.16%, and Tipperary at 0.07%. 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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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 Houlihan. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 86.71%, read only were 2.43%, and not able to read or write were 10.86%.

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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 Houlihan. The proportion who could speak Irish was 29.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 71.0%.

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