The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Nelson by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Larne at 0.39%, Magherafelt at 0.34%, and Newtonards at 0.29%. 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 Nelson by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Ballinderry in County Antrim at 7.17%, Kilmore Lurgan in County Down at 4.29%, and Tobermore in County Londonderry at 3.51%. 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 Nelson. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 46.03%, married were 44.09%, and either widowed or widow were 9.88%.
The table shown here displays the top 10 first names by the number of people who had the surname Nelson. The most common first name was William at 183 people, followed by Mary at 168 people, John at 160 people, and James at 157 people.
The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of people with the surname Nelson.
The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Nelson. 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 Presbyterian at 37.0%.
The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Nelson. The most common occupation was Farmer at 166 people, followed by General Labourer at 55 people, and Farmers Son at 35 people.
The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Nelson 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 Down at 0.23%, followed by Antrim at 0.19%, Londonderry at 0.17%, and Tyrone at 0.14%. 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 Nelson. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 92.56%, read only were 2.6%, and not able to read or write were 4.84%.
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 Nelson. The proportion who could speak Irish was 3.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 97.0%.