placenames1901 census
288People recorded
71Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Magowan 21
- Murray 20
- Crawford 18
- Boyd 11
- McClure 11
Ballycowan
Ballycowan is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationBallycowan54.53184° N · 5.92990° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- Ballycowan · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Castlereagh Upper
- Civil parish
- Drumbo
- Coordinates
- 54.53184, -5.92990
- Mapped area
- 2.94 km²
- Logainm ID
- 66133 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
565People recorded
86Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- M 23
- Magowan 23
- Murray 19
- Skates 19
- C 18
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballycowan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.