Cairns

Cairns was the number 560 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Cairns, MacCairns, McCairns and O'Cairns.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Cairns by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Lisburn at 0.33%, Ballymoney at 0.29%, and Lurgan at 0.24%. 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 Cairns by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Waringstown in County Down at 2.98%, Clonavaddy in County Tyrone at 2.01%, and Tamnaherin in County Londonderry at 1.79%. 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 Cairns. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 45.07%, married were 46.79%, and either widowed or widow were 8.14%.

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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 Cairns. The most common first name was William at 104 people, followed by John at 84 people, James at 79 people, and Thomas at 72 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 Cairns.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Cairns. 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 Church of Ireland at 42.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Cairns. The most common occupation was Farmer at 58 people, followed by General Labourer at 26 people, and Damask Weaver at 22 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Cairns 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 Down at 0.17%, followed by Antrim at 0.12%, Londonderry at 0.09%, and Tyrone 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 Cairns. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 91.78%, read only were 3.59%, and not able to read or write were 4.64%.

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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 Cairns. The proportion who could speak Irish was 2.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 98.0%.

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