Cawley

Cawley was the number 574 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Cawley, MacCawley, McCawley and O'Cawley.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Cawley by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Belmullet at 0.71%, Killala at 0.62%, and Tubbercurry at 0.62%. 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 Cawley by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Ballynagoraher in County Mayo at 6.9%, Temple in County Sligo at 4.94%, and Kilmaclasser in County Mayo at 4.85%. 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 Cawley. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 45.39%, married were 45.16%, and either widowed or widow were 9.45%.

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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 Cawley. The most common first name was Mary at 132 people, followed by John at 129 people, Thomas at 95 people, and Patrick at 90 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 Cawley.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Cawley. 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 97.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Cawley. The most common occupation was Farmer at 195 people, followed by Farmers Son at 61 people, and Labourer at 20 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Cawley 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 Sligo at 0.56%, followed by Mayo at 0.32%, Fermanagh at 0.05%, and Tipperary at 0.03%. 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 Cawley. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 78.46%, read only were 4.86%, and not able to read or write were 16.68%.

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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 Cawley. The proportion who could speak Irish was 26.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 74.0%.

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