Martha

Martha was the number 23 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 Martha by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Coleraine at 4.21%, Limavady at 3.68%, and Ballymena at 3.23%. 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 Martha by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Bovagh in County Londonderry at 9.54%, Tullynakill in County Down at 8.17%, and Straw in County Londonderry at 8.01%. 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 Martha. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 47.19%, married were 41.2%, and either widowed or widow were 11.61%.

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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 Martha. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Wilson at 146 people, followed by Johnston at 137 people, Stewart at 126 people, and Thompson at 124 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 Martha.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the female population named Martha. 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 Presbyterian at 43.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for females with the name Martha. The most common occupation was Farmer at 304 people, followed by Seamstress at 281 people, and Farmers Daughter at 247 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the female population named Martha 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 Londonderry at 2.78%, followed by Antrim at 2.39%, Down at 1.98%, and Armagh at 1.67%. 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 Martha. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 91.76%, read only were 4.2%, and not able to read or write were 4.04%.

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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 Martha. The proportion who could speak Irish was 3.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 97.0%.

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