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kinghorn Name Meaning and History

Scottish: habitational name from Kinghorn in Fife. This is recorded as Kyngorn in 1374; it is named in Gaelic from ceann ‘head’, ‘height’ + gronna ‘bog’. The modern spelling is the result of folk etymology.

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Distribution of kinghorn Families in the US in 1920
Number of kinghorn families
 10-18
 4-9		 1-3
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Threads: 63 - Messages: 245
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All Kinghorns in Scotland eileenharrop 37
McGullan Family of Kinghorn Parish kmmcgullam 0
Marion Kinghorn, Leith, Midlothian lfod 17
KINGHORNs in South Africa SheenaMI 19
alan john david hunter kinghorn -edinburgh???(1900-1910)- dollymixtures 2
relatives of George Ferry Kinghorn & Viola Lee Dickens Sharon Dickens Vineyard 1
Kinghorns in South Africa eileenharrop 0
DAVIE deidre kinghorn 0
David Kinghorn of Minnesota JenniferHobbs500 10
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