Carroll

Carroll was the number 24 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Carroll, MacCarroll, McCarroll and O'Carroll.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Carroll by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Kilmallock at 1.79%, Birr at 1.49%, and Roscrea at 1.45%. 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 Carroll by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Ballynorig in County Kerry at 10.7%, Clonfert West in County Cork at 10.27%, and Ballysakeery in County Mayo at 7.01%. 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 Carroll. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 51.73%, married were 37.27%, and either widowed or widow were 11.0%.

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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 Carroll. The most common first name was Mary at 1422 people, followed by John at 1169 people, Patrick at 941 people, and James at 746 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 Carroll.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Carroll. 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 Carroll. The most common occupation was Farmer at 1189 people, followed by Farmers Son at 449 people, and General Labourer at 367 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Carroll 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 Kings at 1.21%, followed by Louth at 1.09%, Queens at 1.03%, and Tipperary at 0.78%. 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 Carroll. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 87.3%, read only were 3.48%, and not able to read or write were 9.22%.

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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 Carroll. The proportion who could speak Irish was 11.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 89.0%.

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