Surname Maps for the King Surname in Ireland

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Census Surname Maps for the King Surname

Surname Map for King in 1901 Surname Map for King in 1911

Farmer Maps

Farmer Map for King in 1901 Farmer Map for King in 1911

Rank Map

Rank Map for King in 1901

Religion Maps

Catholic Map for King in 1901 Presbyterian Map for King in 1901
Anglican Map for King in 1901 None/Not Given Map for King in 1901

Language Maps

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.
Irish and English Map for King in 1901 Irish only Map for King in 1901
English only Map for King in 1901

Statistics

Surname Counts and Rankings

There were 7,670 with the surname King in Ireland in 1901 and 7,399 in 1911.
This ranks the surname 76th in 1901 and 73rd in 1911.

Surname Count in Connacht in 1901: 2,456
Surname Ranking in Connacht in 1901: 23rd

Surname Count in Leinster in 1901: 1,860
Surname Ranking in Leinster in 1901: 85th

Surname Count in Munster in 1901: 1,264
Surname Ranking in Munster in 1901: 161st

Surname Count in Ulster in 1901: 2,090
Surname Ranking in Ulster in 1901: 111th

Religion

Religion statistics for King in 1901 - Catholic: 78%, Anglican: 11%, Presbyterian: 9%, Methodist: 1%

Religion statistics for King in 1911 - Catholic: 78%, Anglican: 11%, Presbyterian: 9%, None / Not Given: 1%, Methodist: 1%


Surnames with a similar spelling as King.

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 King is also frequent:




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