Census Surname Maps for the Dunne Surname
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Note that it is likely that some Ulster-Scots speakers reported that they only spoke Irish. Both censuses contained a question concerned with whether a person spoke Irish, English or both. No other languages were mentioned.
Statistics
Surname Counts and Rankings
There were 12,100 with the surname Dunne in Ireland in 1901 and 12,315 in 1911.
This ranks the surname 33rd in 1901 and 32nd in 1911.
Surname Count in Connacht in 1901: 632
Surname Ranking in Connacht in 1901: 192nd
Surname Count in Leinster in 1901: 9,290
Surname Ranking in Leinster in 1901: 6th
Surname Count in Munster in 1901: 1,719
Surname Ranking in Munster in 1901: 124th
Surname Count in Ulster in 1901: 459
Surname Ranking in Ulster in 1901: 525th
Religion
Religion statistics for Dunne in 1901 - Catholic: 96%, Anglican: 3%
Religion statistics for Dunne in 1911 - Catholic: 96%, Anglican: 3%, Presbyterian: 1%, None / Not Given: 1%
Most Common Male Forenames associtated with Dunne
The numbers in brackets represent the number of people with this forename in 1901. Note that not everyone specified their gender in the census.
- John (916)
- Patrick (668)
- James (641)
- Thomas (540)
- Michael (504)
- William (396)
- Joseph (185)
- Edward (165)
- Peter (159)
- Denis (98)
- Martin (98)
- Daniel (87)
- Richard (85)
- Charles (69)
- Christopher (66)
- Timothy (52)
- Andrew (51)
- Bernard (47)
- Laurence (46)
- Francis (40)
- Robert (39)
- George (38)
- Henry (31)
- Matthew (28)
- Mathew (27)
- Nicholas (27)
- Terence (26)
- Lawrence (24)
- Philip (24)
- Stephen (24)
- Pat (23)
- Edmond (21)
- Jeremiah (20)
- Maurice (20)
- Hugh (18)
- Micheal (17)
- David (15)
- Patk (15)
- Arthur (13)
- Luke (13)
- Patt (13)
- Owen (11)
- Frank (10)
- Michl (10)
- Thos (10)
- Willie (10)
- Dennis (9)
- Christy (8)
- Finton (8)
- Simon (8)
Most Common Female Forenames associtated with Dunne
The numbers in brackets represent the number of people with this forename in 1901. Note that not everyone specified their gender in the census.
- Mary (1117)
- Bridget (498)
- Margaret (389)
- Ellen (289)
- Anne (257)
- Catherine (255)
- Kate (254)
- Elizabeth (201)
- Annie (187)
- Julia (136)
- Eliza (123)
- Sarah (115)
- Mary Anne (113)
- Lizzie (95)
- Jane (90)
- Alice (78)
- Maggie (78)
- Maria (69)
- Katie (55)
- Margret (54)
- Johanna (45)
- Teresa (43)
- Rose (39)
- Norah (38)
- Hannah (33)
- Kathleen (31)
- Mary A (25)
- Christina (24)
- Mary Ellen (24)
- Agnes (23)
- Mary Ann (20)
- Esther (19)
- Mary Jane (19)
- Susan (19)
- Mary Kate (18)
- Rosanna (18)
- Ellie (17)
- Nannie (17)
- Frances (16)
- Brigid (15)
- Martha (15)
- Anastatia (14)
- Emily (14)
- Nora (14)
- Anastasia (13)
- Lucy (13)
- Maryanne (13)
- Josephine (12)
- Ann (11)
- Bessie (11)
Surnames with a Similar Spelling to that of Dunne
The numbers in brackets represent the number of people with the given surname in 1901. If the surname is followed by a zero then it only occured in the 1911 census.
Common Surnames in Areas where Dunne is also Frequent
Comment / Enquiries
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