Harwood family name history and map
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Harwood in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 127 people named Harwood in Ireland; roughly one in every 35,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 69 men and 58 women.
Counties with Harwood in Ireland
Dublin was Harwood country: 26% of them (33 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (27), Cavan (25), Antrim (17) and Clare (8).
Harwood average age in 1911
The average Harwood in 1911 was 28.9 years old, 27.6 for men and 30.4 for women; a touch 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.
Harwood literacy in 1911
Of the Harwoods whose literacy was recorded, 85% could both read and write, 5% could read but not write, and 10% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 89.1% reading and writing against 80.4% 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.
Harwood common first names
The most common male names were William (11), James, John, George and Thomas. For women it was Margaret (7), followed by Mary, Agnes, Elizabeth and Sarah.
Harwood occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Harwood's census form was "Scholar"; 12.6% (16) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.7%), general labourer (7.9%), metal worker / engineer (4.7%) and other maker / factory worker (3.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.2% of all Harwoods, followed by general labourers, metal & engineering and retail & commerce.
What religion is Harwood?
The largest religious group among Harwoods was Anglican, at 46.5%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (37%) and Presbyterian (13.4%).
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Harwood statistics (1911)
Number: 127
Rank: 3,339
Average Age: 29
Harwoodin the USA (2020)
Number: 10,830
Rank: 3,254
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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