Carolan

Carolan was the number 423 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Carolan, MacCarolan, McCarolan and O'Carolan.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Carolan by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Bailieboro at 2.29%, Kells at 1.86%, and Belmullet at 0.87%. 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 Carolan by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Glenco in County Mayo at 11.66%, Ardagh in County Meath at 11.38%, and Sheskin in County Mayo at 7.26%. 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 Carolan. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 53.99%, married were 36.88%, and either widowed or widow were 9.13%.

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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 Carolan. The most common first name was Mary at 197 people, followed by Patrick at 151 people, John at 149 people, and James at 116 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 Carolan.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Carolan. 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 100.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Carolan. The most common occupation was Farmer at 207 people, followed by Farmers Son at 94 people, and Agricultural Labourer at 52 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Carolan 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 Meath at 0.64%, followed by Cavan at 0.47%, Louth at 0.36%, and Longford at 0.14%. 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 Carolan. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 87.31%, read only were 2.97%, and not able to read or write were 9.72%.

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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 Carolan. The proportion who could speak Irish was 12.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 88.0%.

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