Taylor

Taylor was the number 110 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Taylor, MacTaylor, McTaylor and O'Taylor.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Taylor by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Ballymoney at 0.61%, Dromore West at 0.57%, and CarrickonShannon at 0.53%. 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 Taylor by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Curraghbeg in County Kerry at 11.56%, Kilmore Lurgan in County Down at 8.57%, and Calary in County Wicklow at 5.61%. 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 Taylor. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 47.09%, married were 44.1%, and either widowed or widow were 8.8%.

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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 Taylor. The most common first name was William at 390 people, followed by John at 388 people, Mary at 371 people, and James at 318 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 Taylor.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Taylor. 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 Church of Ireland at 40.0%.

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7. Occupations

The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Taylor. The most common occupation was Farmer at 445 people, followed by Farmers Son at 149 people, and General Labourer at 77 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Taylor 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 Londonderry at 0.34%, followed by Armagh at 0.3%, Antrim at 0.29%, and Leitrim 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.

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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 Taylor. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 92.61%, read only were 2.75%, and not able to read or write were 4.63%.

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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 Taylor. The proportion who could speak Irish was 5.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 95.0%.

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