Higginbotham family name history
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Higginbotham in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 109 people named Higginbotham in Ireland; roughly one in every 40,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 57 men and 52 women.
Counties with Higginbotham in Ireland
Dublin was Higginbotham country: 44% of them (48 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Wexford (20), Clare (7), Kildare (6) and Cork (4).
Higginbotham average age in 1911
The average Higginbotham in 1911 was 32.8 years old, 30.8 for men and 34.9 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.
Higginbotham literacy in 1911
Of the Higginbothams whose literacy was recorded, 88.3% could both read and write, 1% could read but not write, and 9.7% 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.
Higginbotham common first names
The most common male names were William (8), John, James, Patrick and Henry. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Margaret, Bridget, Elizabeth and Ellen.
Higginbotham occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Higginbotham's census form was "Scholar"; 16.5% (18) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (4.6%), metal worker / engineer (4.6%), sailor / dock worker (4.6%) and domestic servant (3.7%). Grouped by sector, transport accounted for 6.4% of all Higginbothams, followed by domestic service, general labourers and metal & engineering.
What religion is Higginbotham?
Most Higginbothams, 58.7%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (36.7%) and Methodist (2.8%).
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Higginbotham statistics (1911)
Number: 109
Rank: 3,655
Average Age: 33
Higginbothamin the USA (2020)
Number: 13,224
Rank: 2,662
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
