Heatherington family name history and map
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Heatherington in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 63 people named Heatherington in Ireland; roughly one in every 70,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 33 men and 30 women.
Counties with Heatherington in Ireland
Tyrone was Heatherington country: 41.3% of them (26 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (13), Antrim (5), Donegal (5) and Fermanagh (3).
Heatherington average age in 1911
The average Heatherington in 1911 was 32.2 years old, 30.3 for men and 34.4 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.
Heatherington literacy in 1911
Of the Heatheringtons whose literacy was recorded, 69.5% could both read and write, 8.5% could read but not write, and 22% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Heatherington common first names
The most common male names were John (4), Patrick, Johnston, Joseph and Michael. For women it was Sarah (4), followed by Anne, Catherine, Ann and Mary.
Heatherington occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Heatherington's census form was "Scholar"; 20.6% (13) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (11.1%), farm labourer (6.3%), farmer (6.3%) and miner / quarryman (3.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.3% of all Heatheringtons, followed by general labourers, mining & quarrying and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Heatherington?
Most Heatheringtons, 60.3%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (28.6%) and Presbyterian (11.1%).
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Heatherington statistics (1911)
Number: 63
Rank: 5,022
Average Age: 32
Heatherington in the USA (2020)
Number: 481
Rank: 47,529
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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