Reilly

Reilly was the number 10 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Reilly, MacReilly, McReilly and O'Reilly.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Reilly by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Granard at 8.44%, Cavan at 6.88%, and Oldcastle at 6.7%. 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 Reilly by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Drumlumman in County Cavan at 19.6%, Loughdawan in County Cavan at 19.47%, and Ashyoule in County Fermanagh at 17.46%. 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 Reilly. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 51.77%, married were 37.65%, and either widowed or widow were 10.58%.

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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 Reilly. The most common first name was Mary at 2004 people, followed by John at 1784 people, Patrick at 1617 people, and James at 1259 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 Reilly.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Reilly. 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 96.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Reilly. The most common occupation was Farmer at 2473 people, followed by Farmers Son at 977 people, and General Labourer at 459 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Reilly 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 Cavan at 6.11%, followed by Longford at 3.51%, Meath at 2.88%, and Westmeath at 1.33%. 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 Reilly. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 86.3%, read only were 3.8%, and not able to read or write were 9.89%.

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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 Reilly. The proportion who could speak Irish was 9.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 91.0%.

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