Herdman family name history
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Herdman in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 169 people named Herdman in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 78 men and 89 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Herdman in Ireland
Antrim was Herdman country: 40.2% of them (68 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (63), Armagh (12), Derry (10) and Tyrone (10).
Herdman average age in 1911
The average Herdman in 1911 was 30.2 years old, 30.5 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.
Herdman literacy in 1911
Of the Herdmans whose literacy was recorded, 88% could both read and write, 3% could read but not write, and 9% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 93.5% reading and writing against 83.1% 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.
Herdman common first names
The most common male names were William (14), Thomas, John, Robert and James. For women it was Margaret (9), followed by Mary, Elizabeth, Jane and Annie.
Herdman occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Herdman's census form was "Scholar"; 20.1% (34) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (11.8%), farmer (7.1%), other maker / factory worker (4.7%) and general labourer (3.6%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 16.6% of all Herdmans, followed by agriculture, manufacturing & trades and building & construction.
What religion is Herdman?
Most Herdmans, 60.9%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (26%), Roman Catholic (8.9%), Congregationalist (1.2%) and Agnostic (0.6%).
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Herdman statistics (1911)
Number: 169
Rank: 2,797
Average Age: 30
Herdmanin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,535
Rank: 17,942
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
