Travers

Travers was the number 638 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Travers, MacTravers, McTravers and O'Travers.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Travers by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Manorhamilton at 0.94%, Donegal at 0.65%, and Ballyshannon at 0.33%. 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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2. Proportion of Population by DED

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Travers by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Laghy in County Donegal at 7.45%, Belan in County Kildare at 4.09%, and Straffan in County Kildare at 3.56%. 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 Travers. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 48.77%, married were 39.77%, and either widowed or widow were 11.46%.

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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 Travers. The most common first name was Mary at 107 people, followed by John at 106 people, James at 80 people, and Bridget at 73 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 Travers.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Travers. 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 Travers. The most common occupation was Farmer at 149 people, followed by Farmers Son at 69 people, and General Labourer at 25 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Travers 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 Leitrim at 0.39%, followed by Kildare at 0.14%, Donegal at 0.1%, and Roscommon at 0.07%. 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 Travers. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 85.87%, read only were 3.26%, and not able to read or write were 10.87%.

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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 Travers. The proportion who could speak Irish was 6.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 94.0%.

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