Lean

Lean was the number 501 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Lean, MacLean, McLean and O'Lean.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Lean by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Ballymoney at 0.47%, Ballycastle at 0.45%, and Killala at 0.43%. 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 Lean by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Beardiville in County Antrim at 2.84%, Ramoan in County Antrim at 2.62%, and Carnmoon in County Antrim at 2.38%. 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 Lean. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 47.61%, married were 43.02%, and either widowed or widow were 9.37%.

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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 Lean. The most common first name was John at 122 people, followed by Mary at 99 people, James at 76 people, and William at 72 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 Lean.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Lean. 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 Presbyterian at 35.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Lean. The most common occupation was Farmer at 93 people, followed by General Labourer at 32 people, and Farmers Son at 27 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Lean 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 Antrim at 0.15%, followed by Londonderry at 0.1%, Donegal at 0.05%, and Armagh at 0.05%. 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 Lean. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 92.19%, read only were 2.78%, and not able to read or write were 5.03%.

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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 Lean. The proportion who could speak Irish was 6.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 94.0%.

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