Shaw

Shaw was the number 244 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Shaw, MacShaw, McShaw and O'Shaw.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Shaw by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Larne at 0.4%, Mullingar at 0.36%, and Ballymoney 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.

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2. Proportion of Population by DED

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Shaw by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Owel in County Westmeath at 5.36%, Knockdrin in County Westmeath at 4.56%, and Carney in County Sligo at 4.37%. 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 Shaw. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 46.19%, married were 44.07%, and either widowed or widow were 9.74%.

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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 Shaw. The most common first name was William at 222 people, followed by Mary at 214 people, James at 201 people, and John at 199 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 Shaw.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Shaw. 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 41.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Shaw. The most common occupation was Farmer at 191 people, followed by Farmers Son at 60 people, and General Labourer at 49 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Shaw 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 0.28%, followed by Antrim at 0.25%, Westmeath at 0.23%, and Sligo at 0.16%. 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 Shaw. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 94.11%, read only were 2.44%, and not able to read or write were 3.45%.

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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 Shaw. The proportion who could speak Irish was 3.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 97.0%.

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