C Surname Maps of Ireland

Where in Ireland does the family C come from? Is C 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.

C in 1901

There were 8,995 with this surname in Ireland in 1901. The surname is ranked 61st in Ireland. MURPHY is ranked 1st since it is the most common Irish surname.

Religion: Catholic: 7,131 (79.28%), Anglican: 1,381 (15.35%), Presbyterian: 330 (3.67%), Other / Not Given: 71 (0.79%), Methodist: 69 (0.77%), Baptist: 4 (0.04%), Congregationalist: 3 (0.03%), Jewish: 2 (0.02%), Plymouth Brethren: 2 (0.02%), Independent: 1 (0.01%), Moravian: 1 (0.01%)

C Surname Map in Ireland in 1901

C in 1911

There were 9,491 with this surname in Ireland in 1911. The surname is ranked 55th in Ireland. MURPHY is ranked 1st since it is the most common Irish surname.

C Surname Map in Ireland in 1911

C in 1901 (Farmer)

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

C Farmer Surname Map in 1901

C in 1901 (Catholic)

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

C Catholic Surname Map in 1901

C in 1901 (Anglican)

Map shows the percentage of people with the surname C who are Anglican in each locality

C Anglican Surname Map in 1901

C in 1901 (Presbyterian)

Map shows the percentage of people with the surname C who are Presbyterian in each locality

C Presbyterian Surname Map in 1901

C in Scotland

The C Surname in Scotland

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.