The map here shows the proportion of the female population with name May by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Kilrush at 0.65%, Limerick at 0.59%, and Gort at 0.53%. 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.
The map here shows the proportion of the female population with name May by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Killoteran in County Waterford at 2.74%, Coolies in County Kerry at 2.47%, and Stradbally in County Galway at 2.41%. 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.
The pie chart shows the marital status of the female population named May. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 76.79%, married were 20.75%, and either widowed or widow were 2.46%.
The table shown here displays the top 10 surnames by the number of females who had the name May. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Murphy at 90 people, followed by Walsh at 63 people, Brien at 60 people, and Kelly at 59 people.
The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of females with the name May.
The image shown is the religious breakdown for the female population named May. 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 64.0%.
The table shown were the top 5 occupations for females with the name May. The most common occupation was Farmers Daughter at 91 people, followed by Domestic Servant at 60 people, and Dressmaker at 48 people.
The map shown here was the proportion of the female population named May 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 0.47%, followed by Dublin at 0.45%, Limerick at 0.44%, and Cork at 0.41%. 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.
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 May. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 96.87%, read only were 1.1%, and not able to read or write were 2.03%.
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 May. The proportion who could speak Irish was 9.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 91.0%.