Margaret

Margaret was the number 3 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 Margaret by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Scariff at 9.95%, Kilrush at 9.69%, and Urlingford at 9.59%. 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 Margaret by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Lullymore in County Kildare at 17.5%, Kilmore Lurgan in County Down at 16.67%, and Ballycannan in County Clare at 16.22%. 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 Margaret. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 41.23%, married were 41.24%, and either widowed or widow were 17.52%.

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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 Margaret. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Murphy at 1883 people, followed by Kelly at 1425 people, Ryan at 1242 people, and Sullivan at 1235 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 Margaret.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the female population named Margaret. 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 76.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for females with the name Margaret. The most common occupation was Farmer at 5111 people, followed by Farmers Daughter at 2256 people, and Domestic Servant at 2036 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the female population named Margaret 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 Clare at 8.78%, followed by Tipperary at 8.62%, Kilkenny at 8.19%, and Waterford at 8.1%. 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 Margaret. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 85.03%, read only were 4.57%, and not able to read or write were 10.39%.

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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 Margaret. The proportion who could speak Irish was 14.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 86.0%.

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