Mara

Mara was the number 692 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Mara, MacMara, McMara and O'Mara.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Mara by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Thurles at 0.31%, Ballinrobe at 0.25%, and Urlingford 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 Mara by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Graigue in County Tipperary at 5.06%, Ballinchalla in County Mayo at 3.86%, and Cahermurphy East Clare in County Clare at 3.44%. 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 Mara. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 47.76%, married were 40.66%, and either widowed or widow were 11.58%.

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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 Mara. The most common first name was Mary at 114 people, followed by John at 110 people, Patrick at 61 people, and James at 61 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 Mara.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Mara. 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 100.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Mara. The most common occupation was Farmer at 70 people, followed by Agricultural Labourer at 32 people, and Farm Servant at 25 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Mara 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 Tipperary at 0.15%, followed by Limerick at 0.1%, Waterford at 0.1%, and Kildare at 0.08%. 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 Mara. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 84.4%, read only were 4.67%, and not able to read or write were 10.93%.

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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 Mara. The proportion who could speak Irish was 14.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 86.0%.

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