Hume family name history and map
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Hume in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 335 people named Hume in Ireland; roughly one in every 13,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 167 men and 166 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Hume in Ireland
The Humes were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 55.2% of them (185 people). Next came Down (55), Dublin (30), Donegal (23) and Offaly (12).
Hume average age in 1911
The average Hume in 1911 was 31.1 years old, 27.8 for men and 34.5 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.
Hume literacy in 1911
Of the Humes whose literacy was recorded, 88.3% could both read and write, 2.5% could read but not write, and 9.3% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 90.5% reading and writing against 86% 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.
Hume common first names
The most common male names were James (18), John, William, Robert and Thomas. For women it was Mary (10), followed by Jane, Martha, Margaret and Mary Ann.
Hume occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Hume's census form was "Scholar"; 18.8% (63) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (14.9%), textile worker (6.3%), other maker / factory worker (2.4%) and seamstress (2.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 17.3% of all Humes, followed by textiles & clothing, retail & commerce and building & construction.
What religion is Hume?
Most Humes, 54.6%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (25.7%), Roman Catholic (11%), Methodist (2.7%) and Unitarian (1.2%).
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Hume statistics (1911)
Number: 335
Rank: 1,774
Average Age: 31
Hume in the USA (2020)
Number: 6,311
Rank: 5,330
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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