Hillis family name history and map
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Hillis in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 423 people named Hillis in Ireland; roughly one in every 10,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 193 men and 229 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Hillis in Ireland
Antrim was Hillis country: 47.3% of them (200 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (88), Monaghan (53), Dublin (30) and Cavan (15).
Hillis average age in 1911
The average Hillis in 1911 was 31.3 years old, 30.6 for men and 31.9 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.
Hillis literacy in 1911
Of the Hillises whose literacy was recorded, 82.5% could both read and write, 4.8% could read but not write, and 12.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.8% reading and writing against 81.3% 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.
Hillis common first names
The most common male names were John (28), James, William, Robert and David. For women it was Margaret (18), followed by Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah and Mary Jane.
Hillis occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Hillis's census form was "Scholar"; 16.8% (71) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.4%), textile worker (5.9%), general labourer (2.8%) and clerk / office worker (2.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.5% of all Hillises, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Hillis?
Most Hillises, 51.3%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (31.4%), Roman Catholic (11.6%), Non-Conformist (1.7%) and Congregationalist (1.4%).
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Hillis statistics (1911)
Number: 423
Rank: 1,513
Average Age: 31
Hillisin the USA (2020)
Number: 5,604
Rank: 5,926
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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