Gillen

Gillen was the number 676 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Gillen, MacGillen, McGillen and O'Gillen.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Gillen by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Sligo at 0.53%, Inishowen at 0.34%, and Ballycastle 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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2. Proportion of Population by DED

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Gillen by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Drumcliff West in County Sligo at 4.97%, Moville in County Donegal at 3.25%, and Knockaree in County Sligo at 2.43%. 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 Gillen. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 51.65%, married were 38.55%, and either widowed or widow were 9.8%.

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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 Gillen. The most common first name was Mary at 92 people, followed by John at 77 people, Patrick at 74 people, and James at 62 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 Gillen.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Gillen. 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 89.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Gillen. The most common occupation was Farmer at 110 people, followed by Farmers Son at 49 people, and Labourer at 16 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Gillen 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 0.28%, followed by Longford at 0.12%, Donegal at 0.1%, and Antrim at 0.07%. 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 Gillen. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 83.1%, read only were 4.63%, and not able to read or write were 12.27%.

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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 Gillen. The proportion who could speak Irish was 8.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 92.0%.

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