Vaughan

Vaughan was the number 529 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Vaughan, MacVaughan, McVaughan and O'Vaughan.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Vaughan by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Ennistymon at 0.9%, Scariff at 0.76%, and Ballyvaughan 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 Vaughan by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Caher in County Clare at 5.65%, Killokennedy in County Clare at 5.12%, and Furroor in County Clare at 4.85%. 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 Vaughan. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 49.57%, married were 40.96%, and either widowed or widow were 9.46%.

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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 Vaughan. The most common first name was Mary at 118 people, followed by John at 114 people, Patrick at 83 people, and Michael 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 Vaughan.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Vaughan. 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 81.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Vaughan. The most common occupation was Farmer at 139 people, followed by Farmers Son at 40 people, and General Labourer at 26 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Vaughan 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 Clare at 0.4%, followed by Limerick at 0.12%, Cork at 0.06%, and Tipperary at 0.06%. 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 Vaughan. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 90.2%, read only were 3.16%, and not able to read or write were 6.64%.

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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 Vaughan. The proportion who could speak Irish was 19.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 81.0%.

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