Walker

Walker was the number 151 surname in Ireland in 1911.
This includes possible variations Walker, MacWalker, McWalker and O'Walker.

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1. Proportion of Population by District

The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Walker by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Derry at 0.46%, Ballymoney at 0.42%, and Lisburn at 0.41%. 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 Walker by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Finnea in County Westmeath at 4.72%, Lissadill East in County Sligo at 3.7%, and Fahan in County Donegal at 3.18%. 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 Walker. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 47.68%, married were 42.34%, and either widowed or widow were 9.99%.

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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 Walker. The most common first name was William at 339 people, followed by John at 282 people, Mary at 265 people, and James at 253 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 Walker.

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6. Religious Breakdown

The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Walker. 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 Walker. The most common occupation was Farmer at 272 people, followed by Farmers Son at 101 people, and Labourer at 72 people.

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8. Birthplace by County

The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Walker 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 Antrim at 0.29%, followed by Down at 0.29%, Armagh at 0.24%, and Londonderry at 0.23%. 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 Walker. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 91.57%, read only were 3.61%, and not able to read or write were 4.82%.

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

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