Hawthorn family name history and map
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Hawthorn in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 288 people named Hawthorn in Ireland; roughly one in every 15,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 131 men and 157 women.
Counties with Hawthorn in Ireland
Antrim was Hawthorn country: 41% of them (118 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (82), Armagh (36), Monaghan (18) and Cavan (9).
Hawthorn average age in 1911
The average Hawthorn in 1911 was 29.1 years old, 28.0 for men and 30.0 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Hawthorn literacy in 1911
Of the Hawthorns whose literacy was recorded, 77.4% could both read and write, 6% could read but not write, and 16.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 82% reading and writing against 73.5% 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.
Hawthorn common first names
The most common male names were John (21), James, Thomas, William and Robert. For women it was Mary (15), followed by Sarah, Margaret, Maggie and Annie.
Hawthorn occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Hawthorn's census form was "Scholar"; 21.2% (61) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.8%), textile worker (6.2%), farm labourer (5.6%) and general labourer (4.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.4% of all Hawthorns, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Hawthorn?
Most Hawthorns, 51.7%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (38.9%), Roman Catholic (3.8%), Methodist (1.7%) and Congregationalist (0.3%).
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Hawthorn statistics (1911)
Number: 288
Rank: 1,975
Average Age: 29
Hawthorn in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,100
Rank: 23,772
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.