The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Higgins by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Tuam at 1.17%, Boyle at 1.06%, and Swinford at 1.03%. 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 Higgins by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Scregg in County Galway at 11.19%, Caher in County QueensCo at 9.82%, and Ballinderry in County Galway at 5.92%. 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.
The pie chart shows the marital status of the population with surname Higgins. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 49.66%, married were 40.08%, and either widowed or widow were 10.26%.
The table shown here displays the top 10 first names by the number of people who had the surname Higgins. The most common first name was Mary at 775 people, followed by John at 643 people, Patrick at 481 people, and Bridget at 374 people.
The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of people with the surname Higgins.
The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Higgins. 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 93.0%.
The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Higgins. The most common occupation was Farmer at 865 people, followed by Farmers Son at 315 people, and General Labourer at 112 people.
The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Higgins 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 Roscommon at 0.67%, followed by Sligo at 0.57%, Galway at 0.52%, and Mayo at 0.51%. 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 Higgins. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 85.77%, read only were 3.24%, and not able to read or write were 10.99%.
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 Higgins. The proportion who could speak Irish was 21.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 79.0%.