Headon family name history and map
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Headon in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 57 people named Headon in Ireland; roughly one in every 77,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 28 men and 28 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Headon in Ireland
Kildare was Headon country: 45.6% of them (26 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Wicklow (17), Dublin (7), Mayo (4) and Tipperary (3).
Headon average age in 1911
The average Headon in 1911 was 23.7 years old, 26.2 for men and 21.1 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.
Headon literacy in 1911
Of the Headons whose literacy was recorded, 82.7% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 17.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 92% 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.
Headon common first names
The most common male names were James (5), Patrick, Thomas, John and Andrew. For women it was Elizabeth (4), followed by Anne, Bridget, Mary and Alice.
Headon occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Headon's census form was "Scholar"; 12.3% (7) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.8%), domestic servant (1.8%), farm labourer (1.8%) and no occupation / dependent (1.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.5% of all Headons, followed by domestic service, no occupation / dependent and public service & defence.
What religion is Headon?
Headons were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 96.5% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.8%).
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Headon statistics (1911)
Number: 57
Rank: 5,337
Average Age: 24
Headon in the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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