Begley

Begley was the number 567 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Begley, MacBegley, McBegley and O'Begley.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Begley by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Dingle at 1.16%, Milford at 0.49%, and Limavady at 0.36%. 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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2. Proportion of Population by DED

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Begley by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Kilquane in County Kerry at 12.55%, Bellarena in County Londonderry at 4.44%, and Fanad North in County Donegal at 4.02%. 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 population with surname Begley. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 50.56%, married were 39.04%, and either widowed or widow were 10.4%.

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4. Most Common Forenames

The table shown here displays the top 10 first names by the number of people who had the surname Begley. The most common first name was John at 134 people, followed by Mary at 129 people, James at 87 people, and Patrick at 80 people.

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5. Population Pyramid

The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of people with the surname Begley.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Begley. 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 93.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Begley. The most common occupation was Farmer at 127 people, followed by Farmers Son at 64 people, and Farmers Daughter at 39 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Begley 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 Kerry at 0.15%, followed by Londonderry at 0.11%, Donegal at 0.09%, and Sligo at 0.07%. 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 with surname Begley. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 85.18%, read only were 3.42%, and not able to read or write were 11.4%.

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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 population with surname Begley. The proportion who could speak Irish was 30.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 70.0%.

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