placenames1901 census
13People recorded
4Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Anderson 3
- McCurdy 2
- McFall 2
- Spears 2
- Black 1
Knockans
Knockans is a townland in Antrim. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationKnockans55.29967° N · 6.21854° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Knockans · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Cary
- Civil parish
- Rathlin Island
- Coordinates
- 55.29967, -6.21854
- Mapped area
- 1.07 km²
- Logainm ID
- 61982 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
23People recorded
6Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McPhee 6
- McCurdy 5
- McGuire 3
- MacFaul 2
- Black 1
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Knockans. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-23. How this page was prepared.