Edith

Edith was the number 50 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 Edith by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Lurgan at 0.83%, Belfast at 0.73%, and Lisburn at 0.69%. 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 Edith by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Waringstown in County Down at 2.14%, Killyman in County Armagh at 2.0%, and Castlesaunderson in County Cavan at 1.92%. 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 Edith. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 66.62%, married were 31.24%, and either widowed or widow were 2.13%.

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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 Edith. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Johnston at 54 people, followed by Wilson at 40 people, Campbell at 39 people, and Thompson at 39 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 Edith.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the female population named Edith. 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 Church of Ireland at 47.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for females with the name Edith. The most common occupation was Seamstress at 40 people, followed by Farmers Daughter at 37 people, and Dressmaker at 34 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the female population named Edith 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 Antrim at 0.62%, followed by Armagh at 0.61%, Down at 0.49%, and Fermanagh at 0.44%. 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 Edith. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 98.89%, read only were 0.44%, and not able to read or write were 0.68%.

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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 Edith. The proportion who could speak Irish was 2.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 98.0%.

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