Hartnett family name history and map
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Hartnett in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 1,050 people named Hartnett in Ireland, about 0.024% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 758th most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 520 men and 529 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Hartnett in Ireland
Cork was Hartnett country: 49.6% of them (521 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Limerick (304), Kerry (127), Tipperary (38) and Dublin (29).
Hartnett average age in 1911
The average Hartnett in 1911 was 29.2 years old, 28.3 for men and 30.1 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.
Hartnett literacy in 1911
Of the Hartnetts whose literacy was recorded, 78.8% could both read and write, 3.8% could read but not write, and 17.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 81.7% reading and writing against 75.8% 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.
Hartnett common first names
The most common male names were John (88), Patrick, William, Michael and Timothy. For women it was Mary (98), followed by Margaret, Ellen, Bridget and Julia.
Hartnett occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Hartnett's census form was "Scholar"; 21.5% (226) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.3%), general labourer (5.4%), farm labourer (4.7%) and domestic servant (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.8% of all Hartnetts, followed by general labourers, domestic service and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Hartnett?
Hartnetts were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.9% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (0.2%).
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Hartnett statistics (1911)
Number: 1,050
Rank: 758
Average Age: 29
Hartnettin the USA (2020)
Number: 6,087
Rank: 5,514
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
