Namara

Namara was the number 96 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Namara, MacNamara, McNamara and O'Namara.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Namara by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Scariff at 4.76%, Ballyvaughan at 2.46%, and Kildysart at 2.44%. 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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2. Proportion of Population by DED

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Namara by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Inishcaltra South in County Clare at 31.88%, Glendree in County Clare at 21.54%, and Castletown in County Clare at 12.5%. 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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3. Marital Status

The pie chart shows the marital status of the population with surname Namara. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 51.16%, married were 38.42%, and either widowed or widow were 10.42%.

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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 Namara. The most common first name was Mary at 686 people, followed by John at 682 people, Patrick at 485 people, and Michael at 473 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 Namara.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Namara. 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 97.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Namara. The most common occupation was Farmer at 736 people, followed by Farmers Son at 285 people, and General Labourer at 157 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Namara 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 Clare at 2.35%, followed by Limerick at 0.91%, Mayo at 0.32%, and Tipperary at 0.17%. 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 Namara. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 87.74%, read only were 2.98%, and not able to read or write were 9.28%.

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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 Namara. The proportion who could speak Irish was 19.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 81.0%.

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