Elsie

Elsie was the number 123 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 Elsie by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Schull at 0.2%, Belfast at 0.13%, and Newtonards at 0.13%. 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 Elsie by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Bellatrain in County Monaghan at 1.22%, Drumcannon in County Waterford at 1.08%, and Rich Hill in County Armagh at 1.05%. 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 Elsie. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 74.25%, married were 24.55%, and either widowed or widow were 1.2%.

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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 Elsie. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Thompson at 10 people, followed by Murray at 9 people, Smith at 9 people, and Campbell at 8 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 Elsie.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the female population named Elsie. 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 34.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for females with the name Elsie. The most common occupation was Farmers Daughter at 10 people, followed by Governess at 7 people, and Dressmaker at 5 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the female population named Elsie 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 0.11%, followed by Armagh at 0.09%, Dublin at 0.07%, and Kildare at 0.06%. 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 Elsie. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 99.34%, read only were 0.4%, and not able to read or write were 0.27%.

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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 Elsie. The proportion who could speak Irish was 4.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 96.0%.

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