Hawes family name history and map

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Hawes in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded 53 people named Hawes in Ireland; roughly one in every 83,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 28 men and 25 women.

Counties with Hawes in Ireland

Cork was Hawes country: 34% of them (18 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Clare (17), Louth (7), Dublin (6) and Down (2).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

Hawes average age in 1911

The average Hawes in 1911 was 25.9 years old, 23.7 for men and 28.3 for women; noticeably 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.

Hawes literacy in 1911

Of the Haweses whose literacy was recorded, 86.8% could both read and write, 1.9% could read but not write, and 11.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 89.3% reading and writing against 84% 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.

Hawes common first names

The most common male names were James (2), John, Joseph, Patrick and Thomas. For women it was Bridget (3), followed by Mary, Sarah, Aileen and Catherine.

Hawes occupations in 1911

The most common entry on a Hawes's census form was "Scholar"; 28.3% (15) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (7.5%), farmer (7.5%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (7.5%) and herd / dairy worker (3.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.9% of all Haweses, followed by retail & commerce, professional and textiles & clothing.

What religion is Hawes?

Most Haweses, 66%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (32.1%) and Baptist (1.9%).

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Hawes statistics (1911)

Number: 53
Rank: 5,585
Average Age: 26

Hawes in the USA (2020)

Number: 9,553
Rank: 3,626

Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero. 

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