Catherine

Catherine was the number 6 female firstname in Ireland in 1911

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the female population with name Catherine by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Swinford at 6.42%, Monaghan at 6.12%, and Newcastlewest at 6.03%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.

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2. Proportion of Population by DED

The map here shows the proportion of the female population with name Catherine by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Fenoagh in County Waterford at 15.52%, Castlegannon in County Kilkenny at 15.22%, and Carryglass in County Tyrone at 14.97%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.

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3. Marital Status

The pie chart shows the marital status of the female population named Catherine. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 34.83%, married were 43.1%, and either widowed or widow were 22.08%.

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4. Most Common Surname

The table shown here displays the top 10 surnames by the number of females who had the name Catherine. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Murphy at 1262 people, followed by Kelly at 981 people, Walsh at 711 people, and Ryan at 697 people.

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5. Population Pyramid

The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of females with the name Catherine.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the female population named Catherine. Each religion has been rounded to the nearest whole percentage and any religion less than 3% has been classified as other. The most common religion was Catholic at 91.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for females with the name Catherine. The most common occupation was Farmer at 4447 people, followed by Farmers Daughter at 1283 people, and Domestic Servant at 1012 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the female population named Catherine who were born in each of the counties in Ireland. Unlike the proportion of the population above, this is the reported birthplace on the census. The counties with the highest proportion from it were Monaghan at 5.47%, followed by Mayo at 5.26%, Fermanagh at 4.91%, and Kerry at 4.78%. The proportions shown use scientific notation where the colour map uses a log norm which is discussed in the methodology section which can be viewed using the link above.

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9. Literacy

For the literacy pie chart shown, there are three categories, one for those who could read and write, another for those who could read only and the final for those who could not read or write. The pie chart is based on the population of females named Catherine. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 78.52%, read only were 6.01%, and not able to read or write were 15.48%.

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10. Irish Language

The bar shown here is the percentage (in green) who could speak Irish while the percentage in red were those who do not speak Irish or if the census entry was blank or unknown for the female population named Catherine. The proportion who could speak Irish was 17.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 83.0%.

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