The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Nicholas by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Swinford at 1.64%, Castlebar at 0.56%, and Claremorris at 0.35%. 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 Nicholas by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Toocananagh in County Mayo at 9.7%, Meelick in County Mayo at 7.35%, and Ardlee in County Mayo at 4.82%. 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 Nicholas. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 45.6%, married were 44.52%, 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 Nicholas. The most common first name was Mary at 124 people, followed by Bridget at 94 people, John at 87 people, and Michael at 80 people.
The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of people with the surname Nicholas.
The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Nicholas. 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 98.0%.
The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Nicholas. The most common occupation was Farmer at 175 people, followed by Farmers Son at 56 people, and Farm Labourer at 38 people.
The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Nicholas 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 Mayo at 0.49%, followed by Londonderry at 0.03%, Limerick at 0.03%, and Sligo at 0.03%. 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 Nicholas. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 82.44%, read only were 1.89%, and not able to read or write were 15.67%.
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 Nicholas. The proportion who could speak Irish was 39.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 61.0%.