Hourihan family name history and map
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Hourihan in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 313 people named Hourihan in Ireland; roughly one in every 14,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 170 men and 143 women.
Counties with Hourihan in Ireland
The Hourihans were heavily concentrated in Cork, home to 93% of them (291 people). Next came Clare (11), Dublin (5), Laois (5) and Limerick (1).
Hourihan average age in 1911
The average Hourihan in 1911 was 26.6 years old, 26.7 for men and 26.3 for women; noticeably younger than the national averages of 29.6 for men and 30.5 for women. That low figure reflects just how many children there were in Edwardian Ireland, along with high infant mortality and the limits of public health at the time. For comparison, average life expectancy in Ireland today is around 83.
Hourihan literacy in 1911
Of the Hourihans whose literacy was recorded, 79.7% could both read and write, 2.4% could read but not write, and 17.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 81.5% reading and writing against 77.8% of women. Bear in mind these figures include young children; the census itself only counted people aged nine and over when calculating illiteracy, on the grounds that it was unfair to label a child illiterate before they'd had a chance to learn.
Hourihan common first names
The most common male names were John (26), Patrick, Timothy, Michael and James. For women it was Mary (24), followed by Julia, Ellen, Margaret and Annie.
Hourihan occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Hourihan's census form was "Scholar"; 22.7% (71) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.5%), farm labourer (8.6%), general labourer (6.7%) and domestic servant (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 22% of all Hourihans, followed by general labourers, domestic service and public service & defence.
What religion is Hourihan?
Hourihans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 99.7% of them.
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Hourihan statistics (1911)
Number: 313
Rank: 1,863
Average Age: 27
Hourihan in the USA (2020)
Number: 937
Rank: 27,268
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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