Hepburn family name history
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Hepburn in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 111 people named Hepburn in Ireland; roughly one in every 40,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 62 women to 49 men.
Counties with Hepburn in Ireland
Derry was Hepburn country: 32.4% of them (36 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (19), Donegal (18), Tyrone (18) and Dublin (9).
Hepburn average age in 1911
The average Hepburn in 1911 was 30.7 years old, 31.0 for men and 30.4 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.
Hepburn literacy in 1911
Of the Hepburns whose literacy was recorded, 82.6% could both read and write, 0.9% could read but not write, and 16.5% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.7% reading and writing against 81.7% 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.
Hepburn common first names
The most common male names were David (6), William, James, Thomas and Bernard. For women it was Margaret (6), followed by Annie, Elizabeth, Mary and Catherine.
Hepburn occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Hepburn's census form was "Scholar"; 17.1% (19) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9%), other maker / factory worker (4.5%), general labourer (3.6%) and seamstress (3.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.6% of all Hepburns, followed by textiles & clothing, manufacturing & trades and building & construction.
What religion is Hepburn?
Most Hepburns, 52.3%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (27%) and Roman Catholic (19.8%).
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Hepburn statistics (1911)
Number: 111
Rank: 3,615
Average Age: 31
Hepburnin the USA (2020)
Number: 3,480
Rank: 9,018
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
