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hoover Name Meaning and History

Dutch: from Middle Dutch huve, a measure of land area (compare German Huber) + -er, suffix of agent nouns; a status name for a landowner or a prosperous small farmer.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hoover Families in the US in 1920
Number of hoover families
 886-1770
 296-885
 1-295
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