The hail Surname

hail Name Meaning and History

English: nickname from Old Norse heill ‘healthy’, ‘sound’, ‘whole’.
South German: variant of Heil.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The hail name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the hail family name as far back in history as possible.

hail Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of hail Families in the US in 1920

Number of hail families

30-57

11-29

1-10

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
Dora (Hail) Johnson	TerrenceGarnett	0
hail family in KY	sarah jon	9
Death of Mrs. Rachel Lindsey Hail in Japan	davwayell	0
Hail/Hale family from NC & TN	HALE855	1
William B. Hail	whoarewe1	0
HAIL, Thomas W. and Armina	SSStepko	0
Hails in Culpeper County, Virginia	BEVROOTS	4
Hail family	Sharon_Christopher	0
Reuben Hail 1802-1873	brian futrell	1
Hail	sterk76	0

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