The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Whelan by district which were also known as the Poor Law Unions. The districts with the highest proportion were Kilmacthomas at 2.15%, Dungarvan at 2.03%, and Abbeyleix at 1.73%. 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.
The map here shows the proportion of the population with surname Whelan by DED. The electoral divisions with the highest proportion were Bohadoon in County Waterford at 9.49%, Kilmurry in County QueensCo at 8.5%, and Donaghmore in County QueensCo at 7.98%. 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.
The pie chart shows the marital status of the population with surname Whelan. This is either single, married, or widow or widower. The proportion of responses aged over 15 who were single were 49.69%, married were 39.69%, and either widowed or widow were 10.62%.
The table shown here displays the top 10 first names by the number of people who had the surname Whelan. The most common first name was Mary at 850 people, followed by John at 663 people, Patrick at 545 people, and James at 430 people.
The population pyramid displays a breakdown in groups of every 5 years the number of people with the surname Whelan.
The image shown is the religious breakdown for the population with surname Whelan. 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 98.0%.
The table shown were the top 5 occupations for the population with the surname Whelan. The most common occupation was Farmer at 562 people, followed by General Labourer at 235 people, and Farmers Son at 233 people.
The map shown here was the proportion of the population with surname Whelan 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 Queens at 1.58%, followed by Waterford at 1.06%, Carlow at 1.02%, and Wexford at 0.78%. 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.
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 Whelan. The proportion of responses aged over 9 who can read and write were 86.16%, read only were 3.37%, and not able to read or write were 10.47%.
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 Whelan. The proportion who could speak Irish was 11.0%, while either not speaking Irish or unknown was 89.0%.