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hohn Name Meaning and History

  1. North German: from Middle Low German hon ‘chicken’, hence a nickname, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who raised poultry.
  2. North German: topographic name from an old word, hon, meaning ‘bog’.
  3. North German: variant of Hoehn 2.
  4. South German (Höhn): variant of Hoehne.
  5. South German: from an aphetic form of the personal name Johann(es) (see John).

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Distribution of hohn Families in the US in 1920
Number of hohn families
 57-111
 20-56
 1-19
 0
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