Herbert

Herbert was the number 52 male firstname in Ireland in 1911

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the male population with name Herbert by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Belfast at 0.51%, Lurgan at 0.4%, and Rathdown at 0.4%. 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 male population with name Herbert by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Ardrahan in County Galway at 2.22%, Gaybrook in County Westmeath at 1.71%, and Burry in County Meath at 1.36%. 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 male population named Herbert. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 74.31%, married were 24.96%, and either widowed or widow were 0.73%.

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4. Most Common Surname

The table shown here displays the top 10 surnames by the number of males who had the name Herbert. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Brown at 30 people, followed by Wilson at 28 people, Smith at 23 people, and Stewart at 23 people.

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5. Population Pyramid

The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of males with the name Herbert.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the male population named Herbert. 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 42.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for males with the name Herbert. The most common occupation was Farmers Son at 53 people, followed by Farmer at 33 people, and Clerk at 27 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the male population named Herbert 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 0.44%, followed by Armagh at 0.32%, Down at 0.27%, and Dublin at 0.23%. 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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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 males named Herbert. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 99.15%, read only were 0.42%, and not able to read or write were 0.42%.

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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 male population named Herbert. The proportion who could speak Irish was 2.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 98.0%.

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