Hearn family name history and map
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Hearn in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 188 people named Hearn in Ireland; roughly one in every 23,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 103 women to 83 men. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Hearn in Ireland
Waterford was Hearn country: 27.7% of them (52 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (35), Tipperary (23), Wexford (22) and Antrim (13).
Hearn average age in 1911
The average Hearn in 1911 was 32.4 years old, 32.5 for men and 32.3 for women; slightly 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.
Hearn literacy in 1911
Of the Hearns whose literacy was recorded, 86.3% could both read and write, 4.4% could read but not write, and 9.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 92.5% reading and writing against 81.4% 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.
Hearn common first names
The most common male names were John (13), William, Michael, Thomas and David. For women it was Mary (14), followed by Ellen, Bridget, Catherine and Elizabeth.
Hearn occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Hearn's census form was "Scholar"; 19.1% (36) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (11.7%), general labourer (4.8%), domestic servant (4.3%) and farm labourer (3.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16% of all Hearns, followed by domestic service, professional and general labourers.
What religion is Hearn?
Hearns were predominantly Roman Catholic (73.4%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (21.8%), Protestant (3.2%) and Congregationalist (0.5%).
Hearn statistics (1911)
Number: 188
Rank: 2,605
Average Age: 32
Hearn in the USA (2020)
Number: 14,195
Rank: 2,477
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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