Peter

Peter was the number 11 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 Peter by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Carrickmacross at 6.69%, Dundalk at 5.35%, and Castleblayney at 5.29%. 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 Peter by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Derrynananta in County Cavan at 12.08%, Corriga in County Leitrim at 11.31%, and Cullyhanna in County Armagh at 11.01%. 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 male population named Peter. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 56.32%, married were 37.53%, and either widowed or widow were 6.15%.

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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 Peter. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Kelly at 541 people, followed by Murphy at 536 people, Byrne at 459 people, and Reilly at 385 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 Peter.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the male population named Peter. 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 98.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for males with the name Peter. The most common occupation was Farmer at 6173 people, followed by Farmers Son at 3088 people, and General Labourer at 1217 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the male population named Peter 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 Louth at 5.4%, followed by Monaghan at 4.48%, Cavan at 3.87%, and Longford at 3.62%. 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 Peter. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 85.46%, read only were 3.22%, and not able to read or write were 11.32%.

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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 Peter. The proportion who could speak Irish was 15.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 85.0%.

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