Hefferman family name history and map
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Hefferman in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 122 people named Hefferman in Ireland; roughly one in every 36,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 67 women to 54 men. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Hefferman in Ireland
Cork was Hefferman country: 25.4% of them (31 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (23), Waterford (14), Limerick (11) and Tipperary (9).
Hefferman average age in 1911
The average Hefferman in 1911 was 32.6 years old, 33.9 for men and 31.8 for women; slightly 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.
Hefferman literacy in 1911
Of the Heffermans whose literacy was recorded, 82.6% could both read and write, 4.3% could read but not write, and 13% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84.4% reading and writing against 80% 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.
Hefferman common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (9), Michael, Patrick, John and James; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (12), followed by Bridget, Alice, Eliza and Kate.
Hefferman occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Hefferman's census form was "Scholar"; 14.8% (18) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were domestic servant (7.4%), farmer (6.6%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (5.7%) and farm labourer (3.3%). Grouped by sector, domestic service accounted for 10.7% of all Heffermans, followed by agriculture, retail & commerce and professional.
What religion is Hefferman?
Heffermans were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 94.3% of them. The remainder were mostly Jewish (4.9%) and Anglican (0.8%).
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Hefferman statistics (1911)
Number: 122
Rank: 3,419
Average Age: 33
Hefferman in the USA (2020)
Number: 164
Rank: 113,565
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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