Dawson

Dawson was the number 456 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Dawson, MacDawson, McDawson and O'Dawson.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Dawson by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Mitchelstown at 0.44%, Callan at 0.25%, and Lurgan at 0.18%. 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 Dawson by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Tullow Rural in County Carlow at 3.76%, Camly in County Armagh at 3.38%, and Galbally in County Limerick at 3.3%. 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 Dawson. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 48.44%, married were 42.5%, and either widowed or widow were 9.06%.

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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 Dawson. The most common first name was John at 121 people, followed by Mary at 110 people, William at 106 people, and Thomas at 78 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 Dawson.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Dawson. 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 39.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Dawson. The most common occupation was Farmer at 95 people, followed by Agricultural Labourer at 37 people, and Farmers Son at 29 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Dawson 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 Carlow at 0.13%, followed by Monaghan at 0.1%, Limerick at 0.1%, and Armagh at 0.09%. 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 Dawson. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 90.96%, read only were 3.17%, and not able to read or write were 5.87%.

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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 Dawson. The proportion who could speak Irish was 4.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 96.0%.

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