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henning Name Meaning and History

  1. North German, Dutch, and Danish: from a pet form of Hans or Heinrich.
  2. English: in part the German, Dutch, or Danish name (see 1), but possibly in some cases a variant of Scottish Hanning.
  3. Norwegian: habitational name from a farm in Trøndelag. The first element is of uncertain origin, possibly from hein ‘whetstone’; the second element is from Old Norse vin ‘meadow’.
  4. Swedish: probably of the same origin as 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of henning Families in the US in 1920
Number of henning families
 158-314
 53-157		 1-52
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Henning Family - Poxton Dorset UK - John Henning kdelcourt 1
Henning family from Michigan S_Kuntze 0
Edwin Henning & Fred Henning Larry D. Hettinger 6
Pennsylvania Hennings Linda Henning Bouchat 21
Melinda L. HENNING 1962-2008 OHIO Lace_Lynch 0
Maria Margrate Henning, Black Hawk, IA lrfortner 0
Henning of Wisconsin charlenestaples 6
Henning Family of Louisville, Kentucky StephanieWrightson 0
John Henning morrik5 1
George Franklin Henning patlandrum118 6
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