BRESNIHAN Surname Maps of Ireland

Where in Ireland does the family BRESNIHAN come from? Is BRESNIHAN a common surname in Ireland? The maps on this page are based on the 1901 and 1911 census of Ireland, available here: Census of Ireland.

BRESNIHAN in 1901

There were 26 with this surname in Ireland in 1901. The surname is ranked 8623rd in Ireland. MURPHY is ranked 1st since it is the most common Irish surname.

Religion: Catholic: 26 (100.00%)

BRESNIHAN Surname Map in Ireland in 1901

BRESNIHAN in 1911

There were 23 with this surname in Ireland in 1911. The surname is ranked 8866th in Ireland. MURPHY is ranked 1st since it is the most common Irish surname.

BRESNIHAN Surname Map in Ireland in 1911

Woulfe Surname Index for BRESNIHAN

The Rev. Patrick Woulfe provided lists of surname associations for Irish surnames in his book Irish Names and Surnames. Below is a list of these associations for the surname BRESNIHAN.

BRESNIHAN in 1901 (Farmer)

Map is based on households which had at least one member who had an occupation containing "Farm" or "Agri".

BRESNIHAN Farmer Surname Map in 1901

BRESNIHAN in 1901 (Catholic)

Map shows the percentage of people with the surname BRESNIHAN who are Catholic in each locality

BRESNIHAN Catholic Surname Map in 1901

BRESNIHAN in 1901 (Anglican)

There were no Anglicans with the surname BRESNIHAN in the 1901 census.

BRESNIHAN in 1901 (Presbyterian)

There were no Presbyterians with the surname BRESNIHAN in the 1901 census.

Patterns associated with the BRESNIHAN surname

List of consecutive consonant patterns associated with this surname:

When producing these maps, surnames are converted to uppercase. "MC" and "M'" are replaced with "MAC", and non-alphabetic characters (hyphens, spaces, apostrophes, accents) are removed. For example, Mac Vey and McVey appear together as MACVEY. O'Neill, Oneill, ONeill and Ó Néill appear together as ONEILL, and D'Arcy and Darcy appear as DARCY.

While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility is taken for errors in the census data. The census is available online for verification.