Govern

Govern was the number 171 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Govern, MacGovern, McGovern and O'Govern.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Govern by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Bawnboy at 7.25%, Enniskillen at 3.14%, and Mohill at 0.92%. 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 Govern by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Dunmakeever in County Cavan at 49.42%, Kinawley in County Cavan at 31.71%, and Benbrack in County Cavan at 30.13%. 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 Govern. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 50.08%, married were 39.53%, and either widowed or widow were 10.39%.

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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 Govern. The most common first name was Mary at 397 people, followed by Patrick at 364 people, John at 322 people, and Bridget at 249 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 Govern.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Govern. 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 Govern. The most common occupation was Farmer at 669 people, followed by Farmers Son at 345 people, and Farmers Daughter at 100 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Govern 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 Cavan at 2.12%, followed by Leitrim at 1.06%, Fermanagh at 0.39%, and Meath at 0.33%. 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 Govern. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 84.87%, read only were 3.74%, and not able to read or write were 11.39%.

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

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