Owen

Owen was the number 29 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 Owen by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Carrickmacross at 4.11%, Dundalk at 3.33%, and Castleblayney at 3.3%. 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 Owen by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Bragan in County Monaghan at 9.15%, Moybane in County Armagh at 8.27%, and Springtown in County Fermanagh at 7.85%. 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 Owen. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 49.97%, married were 42.14%, and either widowed or widow were 7.89%.

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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 Owen. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Murphy at 139 people, followed by Reilly at 128 people, Duffy at 116 people, and Gallagher at 115 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 Owen.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the male population named Owen. 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 99.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for males with the name Owen. The most common occupation was Farmer at 2702 people, followed by Farmers Son at 930 people, and Farm Servant at 306 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the male population named Owen 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 Monaghan at 2.93%, followed by Louth at 2.52%, Cavan at 1.77%, and Sligo at 1.03%. 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 Owen. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 78.64%, read only were 4.62%, and not able to read or write were 16.74%.

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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 Owen. The proportion who could speak Irish was 18.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 82.0%.

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