Thomas

Thomas was the number 4 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 Thomas by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Swinford at 13.27%, Mountbellow at 12.76%, and Glenamaddy at 12.58%. 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 Thomas by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Feighcullen in County Kildare at 20.35%, Courmaraglin in County Waterford at 18.73%, and Belclare in County Galway at 17.65%. 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 Thomas. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 52.74%, married were 41.02%, and either widowed or widow were 6.24%.

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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 Thomas. These surnames are grouped regardless of common prefixes such as "O", "Mac" and "Mc". The most common surname was Kelly at 1932 people, followed by Murphy at 1930 people, Walsh at 1669 people, and Ryan at 1355 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 Thomas.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the male population named Thomas. 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 78.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for males with the name Thomas. The most common occupation was Farmer at 25616 people, followed by Farmers Son at 11992 people, and General Labourer at 5760 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the male population named Thomas 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 Roscommon at 10.95%, followed by Mayo at 10.76%, Galway at 10.6%, and Waterford at 10.28%. 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 Thomas. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 88.14%, read only were 2.75%, and not able to read or write were 9.11%.

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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 Thomas. The proportion who could speak Irish was 14.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 86.0%.

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