The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Matthews by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Ardee at 0.73%, Kells at 0.26%, and Dundalk at 0.22%. 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 Matthews by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Rahugh in County Westmeath at 3.05%, Drumcar in County Louth at 2.89%, and Balrothboyne in County Meath at 2.12%. 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.
The pie chart shows the marital status of the population with surname Matthews. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 52.61%, married were 37.77%, and either widowed or widow were 9.62%.
The table shown here displays the top 10 first names by the number of people who had the surname Matthews. The most common first name was Mary at 123 people, followed by John at 117 people, Thomas at 82 people, and William at 81 people.
The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of people with the surname Matthews.
The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Matthews. 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 55.0%.
The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Matthews. The most common occupation was Farmer at 114 people, followed by Agricultural Labourer at 40 people, and General Labourer at 31 people.
The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Matthews 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 0.38%, followed by Meath at 0.19%, Armagh at 0.09%, and Down 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.
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 Matthews. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 90.85%, read only were 3.07%, and not able to read or write were 6.08%.
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 Matthews. The proportion who could speak Irish was 3.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 97.0%.