Power

Power was the number 49 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Power, MacPower, McPower and O'Power.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Power by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Kilmacthomas at 10.18%, Waterford at 5.66%, and Carrickonsuir at 5.57%. 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 Power by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Rathmoylan in County Waterford at 23.19%, Reisk in County Waterford at 21.32%, and Islandikane in County Waterford at 20.8%. 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 Power. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 52.26%, married were 37.43%, and either widowed or widow were 10.31%.

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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 Power. The most common first name was Mary at 1120 people, followed by John at 935 people, Patrick at 633 people, and James at 572 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 Power.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Power. 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 Power. The most common occupation was Farmer at 798 people, followed by Farmers Son at 311 people, and General Labourer at 277 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Power 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 Waterford at 5.96%, followed by Kilkenny at 1.19%, Wexford at 0.77%, and Tipperary at 0.59%. 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 Power. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 84.94%, read only were 3.15%, and not able to read or write were 11.91%.

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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 Power. The proportion who could speak Irish was 18.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 82.0%.

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