Bellingham family name history and map
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Bellingham in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 57 people named Bellingham in Ireland; roughly one in every 77,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 30 men and 27 women.
Counties with Bellingham in Ireland
The Bellinghams were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 68.4% of them (39 people). Next came Derry (10), Dublin (2), Louth (2) and Cork (1).
Bellingham average age in 1911
The average Bellingham in 1911 was 28.0 years old, 27.8 for men and 28.2 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.
Bellingham literacy in 1911
Of the Bellinghams whose literacy was recorded, 78.9% could both read and write, 5.3% could read but not write, and 15.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.3% reading and writing against 74.1% 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.
Bellingham common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (5), Henry, John, David and Elgin. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Lizzie, Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret.
Bellingham occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bellingham's census form was "Scholar"; 19.3% (11) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14%), farm labourer (8.8%), domestic servant (7%) and housekeeper (5.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 22.8% of all Bellinghams, followed by domestic service, no occupation / dependent and general labourers.
What religion is Bellingham?
Most Bellinghams, 59.6%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (35.1%) and Roman Catholic (5.3%).
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Bellingham statistics (1911)
Number: 57
Rank: 5,337
Average Age: 28
Bellingham in the USA (2020)
Number: 430
Rank: 52,161
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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