Lennon

Lennon was the number 230 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Lennon, MacLennon, McLennon and O'Lennon.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Lennon by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Dundalk at 0.92%, Athlone at 0.89%, and Longford at 0.76%. 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 Lennon by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Thomastown in County Roscommon at 8.5%, Doory in County Longford at 7.95%, and Coolboy in County Wicklow at 5.35%. 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 Lennon. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 52.41%, married were 37.97%, and either widowed or widow were 9.62%.

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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 Lennon. The most common first name was Mary at 338 people, followed by John at 288 people, Patrick at 243 people, and James at 237 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 Lennon.

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6. Religious Breakdown

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

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Lennon. The most common occupation was Farmer at 370 people, followed by Farmers Son at 140 people, and General Labourer at 57 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Lennon 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 Louth at 0.59%, followed by Longford at 0.52%, Monaghan at 0.44%, and Carlow at 0.38%. 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 Lennon. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 87.35%, read only were 3.92%, and not able to read or write were 8.73%.

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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 Lennon. The proportion who could speak Irish was 6.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 94.0%.

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