Feeney

Feeney was the number 307 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Feeney, MacFeeney, McFeeney and O'Feeney.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Feeney by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Sligo at 1.4%, Dromore West at 1.2%, and Strokestown at 0.89%. 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 Feeney by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Rossinver West in County Sligo at 12.63%, Ballyduff in County Waterford at 9.09%, and Ogulla in County Roscommon at 7.59%. 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 Feeney. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 45.91%, married were 43.18%, and either widowed or widow were 10.91%.

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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 Feeney. The most common first name was Mary at 282 people, followed by John at 222 people, Patrick at 200 people, and Bridget at 169 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 Feeney.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Feeney. 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 98.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Feeney. The most common occupation was Farmer at 351 people, followed by Farmers Son at 152 people, and General Labourer at 42 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Feeney 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 0.85%, followed by Galway at 0.32%, Roscommon at 0.28%, and Longford at 0.25%. 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 Feeney. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 78.99%, read only were 3.68%, and not able to read or write were 17.33%.

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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 Feeney. The proportion who could speak Irish was 27.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 73.0%.

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