Morris

Morris was the number 218 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Morris, MacMorris, McMorris and O'Morris.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Morris by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Omagh at 1.06%, Urlingford at 0.52%, and Wexford at 0.5%. 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 Morris by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Glenlark in County Tyrone at 13.22%, Crockanboy in County Tyrone at 11.03%, and Lickeen in County Kerry at 6.87%. 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 Morris. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 51.4%, married were 39.26%, and either widowed or widow were 9.34%.

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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 Morris. The most common first name was Mary at 348 people, followed by John at 308 people, Patrick at 238 people, and James at 189 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 Morris.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Morris. 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 81.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Morris. The most common occupation was Farmer at 392 people, followed by Farmers Son at 129 people, and Agricultural Labourer at 53 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Morris 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 Tyrone at 0.39%, followed by Wexford at 0.28%, Roscommon at 0.26%, and Kings at 0.18%. 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 Morris. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 89.3%, read only were 2.69%, and not able to read or write were 8.01%.

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

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