Dempsey

Dempsey was the number 166 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Dempsey, MacDempsey, McDempsey and O'Dempsey.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Dempsey by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Enniscorthy at 1.27%, Gorey at 1.26%, and Edenderry at 1.01%. 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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2. Proportion of Population by DED

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Dempsey by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Killincooly in County Wexford at 11.72%, Lullymore in County Kildare at 9.78%, and Ballymackean in County Cork at 8.82%. 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 Dempsey. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 50.68%, married were 40.13%, and either widowed or widow were 9.19%.

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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 Dempsey. The most common first name was Mary at 424 people, followed by John at 377 people, Patrick at 280 people, and James at 252 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 Dempsey.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Dempsey. 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 93.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Dempsey. The most common occupation was Farmer at 361 people, followed by Farmers Son at 153 people, and Agricultural Labourer at 124 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Dempsey 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 Wexford at 0.7%, followed by Kildare at 0.65%, Kings at 0.46%, and Queens at 0.41%. 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 Dempsey. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 87.15%, read only were 3.33%, and not able to read or write were 9.51%.

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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 Dempsey. The proportion who could speak Irish was 10.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 90.0%.

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