Cafferty

Cafferty was the number 619 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Cafferty, MacCafferty, McCafferty and O'Cafferty.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Cafferty by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Dunfanaghy at 0.98%, Bawnboy at 0.52%, and Milford at 0.5%. 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 Cafferty by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Stralongford in County Leitrim at 13.2%, Templecarn in County Donegal at 6.9%, and Gortahork in County Donegal at 3.5%. 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 Cafferty. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 51.98%, married were 39.86%, and either widowed or widow were 8.15%.

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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 Cafferty. The most common first name was Mary at 122 people, followed by John at 107 people, Patrick at 94 people, and James at 71 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 Cafferty.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Cafferty. 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 94.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Cafferty. The most common occupation was Farmer at 144 people, followed by Farmers Son at 83 people, and Farm Servant at 24 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Cafferty 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 Donegal at 0.38%, followed by Leitrim at 0.16%, Londonderry at 0.11%, and Sligo at 0.08%. 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 Cafferty. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 73.97%, read only were 4.9%, and not able to read or write were 21.13%.

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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 Cafferty. The proportion who could speak Irish was 32.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 68.0%.

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