Hammill family name history and map
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Hammill in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 98 people named Hammill in Ireland; roughly one in every 45,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 49 men and 49 women.
Counties with Hammill in Ireland
Antrim was Hammill country: 40.8% of them (40 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (22), Tyrone (11), Louth (10) and Dublin (6).
Hammill average age in 1911
The average Hammill in 1911 was 34.2 years old, 34.8 for men and 33.6 for women; noticeably 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.
Hammill literacy in 1911
Of the Hammills whose literacy was recorded, 57.3% could both read and write, 15.6% could read but not write, and 27.1% 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.
Hammill common first names
The most common male names were John (10), Patrick, Bernard, Hugh and James. For women it was Annie (5), followed by Mary, Ellen, Sarah and Jane.
Hammill occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Hammill's census form was "Scholar"; 12.2% (12) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.2%), general labourer (9.2%), farm labourer (8.2%) and domestic servant (4.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19.4% of all Hammills, followed by general labourers, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Hammill?
Hammills were predominantly Roman Catholic (79.6%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (10.2%), Presbyterian (6.1%) and Baptist (4.1%).
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Hammill statistics (1911)
Number: 98
Rank: 3,898
Average Age: 34
Hammill in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,641
Rank: 16,938
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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