Hemphill family name history and map
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Hemphill in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 258 people named Hemphill in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 122 men and 136 women.
Counties with Hemphill in Ireland
Tyrone was Hemphill country: 32.9% of them (85 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Derry (76), Antrim (46), Dublin (12) and Down (11).
Hemphill average age in 1911
The average Hemphill in 1911 was 33.9 years old, 30.0 for men and 37.5 for women; noticeably older 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.
Hemphill literacy in 1911
Of the Hemphills whose literacy was recorded, 84.4% could both read and write, 2% could read but not write, and 13.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 87.8% reading and writing against 80.7% of men. 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.
Hemphill common first names
The most common male names were James (20), Robert, Samuel, William and John. For women it was Margaret (11), followed by Mary, Martha, Lizzie and Sarah.
Hemphill occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Hemphills was farmer, 17.8% of them (46 people). Next came scholar / student (15.1%), seamstress (5.8%), farm labourer (4.3%) and general labourer (3.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 22.1% of all Hemphills, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Hemphill?
Most Hemphills, 63.2%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (30.6%), Methodist (2.3%), Roman Catholic (0.8%) and Non-Conformist (0.4%).
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Hemphill statistics (1911)
Number: 258
Rank: 2,123
Average Age: 34
Hemphill in the USA (2020)
Number: 12,736
Rank: 2,755
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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