Heaney

Heaney was the number 440 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Heaney, MacHeaney, McHeaney and O'Heaney.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Heaney by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Limavady at 0.68%, Antrim at 0.26%, and Kilkeel at 0.24%. 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 Heaney by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Letter in County KingsCo at 5.8%, Camly in County Armagh at 3.59%, and Dungiven in County Londonderry at 3.39%. 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 Heaney. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 47.7%, married were 41.3%, and either widowed or widow were 11.0%.

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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 Heaney. The most common first name was John at 155 people, followed by Mary at 135 people, James at 105 people, and William at 95 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 Heaney.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Heaney. 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 69.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Heaney. The most common occupation was Farmer at 154 people, followed by Farmers Son at 52 people, and General Labourer at 43 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Heaney 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 Londonderry at 0.24%, followed by Longford at 0.16%, Armagh at 0.13%, and Down at 0.12%. 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 Heaney. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 85.14%, read only were 5.29%, and not able to read or write were 9.57%.

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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 Heaney. The proportion who could speak Irish was 7.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 93.0%.

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