Richard

Richard was the number 19 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 Richard by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Callan at 4.14%, Carrickonsuir at 3.77%, and Thomastown at 3.7%. 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 Richard by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Aglish in County Kilkenny at 9.38%, Portnascully in County Kilkenny at 9.32%, and Kells in County Kilkenny at 7.94%. 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 Richard. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 52.53%, married were 41.25%, and either widowed or widow were 6.23%.

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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 Richard. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Walsh at 420 people, followed by Murphy at 307 people, Ryan at 190 people, and Power at 181 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 Richard.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the male population named Richard. 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 70.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for males with the name Richard. The most common occupation was Farmer at 3070 people, followed by Farmers Son at 1420 people, and General Labourer at 844 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the male population named Richard 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 Kilkenny at 3.83%, followed by Waterford at 2.64%, Wexford at 2.16%, and Meath at 1.89%. 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 Richard. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 91.49%, read only were 2.09%, and not able to read or write were 6.42%.

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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 Richard. The proportion who could speak Irish was 9.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 91.0%.

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