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The humbert Surname

humbert Name Meaning and History

German, Dutch, and French: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hun ‘Hun’, ‘giant’ or hun ‘bear cub’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This was particularly popular in the Netherlands and North Germany during the Middle Ages as a result of the fame of a 7th-century St. Humbert, who founded the abbey of Marolles in Flanders.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The humbert name in History

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

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Distribution of humbert Families in the US in 1920
Number of humbert families
 51-100
 18-50		 1-17
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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