The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Gordon by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Dromore West at 0.77%, Kilkeel at 0.72%, and Ballymena at 0.52%. 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.
The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Gordon by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Mullartown in County Down at 4.1%, Ballyshear in County KingsCo at 3.18%, and Inch in County Down at 3.01%. 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.
The pie chart shows the marital status of the population with surname Gordon. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 47.85%, married were 41.7%, and either widowed or widow were 10.44%.
The table shown here displays the top 10 first names by the number of people who had the surname Gordon. The most common first name was John at 256 people, followed by William at 238 people, James at 228 people, and Mary at 210 people.
The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of people with the surname Gordon.
The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Gordon. 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 Presbyterian at 38.0%.
The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Gordon. The most common occupation was Farmer at 298 people, followed by Farmers Son at 109 people, and General Labourer at 79 people.
The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Gordon 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 Down at 0.3%, followed by Antrim at 0.27%, Armagh at 0.21%, and Sligo at 0.16%. 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.
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 Gordon. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 90.8%, read only were 3.28%, and not able to read or write were 5.92%.
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 Gordon. The proportion who could speak Irish was 6.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 94.0%.