Haskins family name history
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Haskins in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 125 people named Haskins in Ireland; roughly one in every 35,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 66 men and 59 women.
Counties with Haskins in Ireland
Dublin was Haskins country: 28% of them (35 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (32), Wicklow (29), Carlow (11) and Antrim (9).
Haskins average age in 1911
The average Haskins in 1911 was 29.0 years old, 24.7 for men and 33.7 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.
Haskins literacy in 1911
Of the Haskinses whose literacy was recorded, 81.7% could both read and write, 4.2% could read but not write, and 14.2% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 82.8% reading and writing against 80.6% 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.
Haskins common first names
The most common male names were William (7), James, Thomas, Edward and Robert. For women it was Elizabeth (5), followed by Ellen, Jane, Anne and Mary.
Haskins occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Haskins's census form was "Scholar"; 14.4% (18) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (6.4%), general labourer (3.2%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.2%) and agent / manager (1.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 7.2% of all Haskinses, followed by retail & commerce, textiles & clothing and building & construction.
What religion is Haskins?
Most Haskinses, 52.8%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (27.2%), Methodist (19.2%) and Moravian (0.8%).
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Haskins statistics (1911)
Number: 125
Rank: 3,368
Average Age: 29
Haskinsin the USA (2020)
Number: 16,281
Rank: 2,171
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
