Astor Family History
Astor Name Meaning
Southern French and German: from Occitan astor ‘goshawk’
(from Latin acceptor, variant of accipiter ‘hawk’), used
as a nickname characterizing a predacious or otherwise hawklike
man. The name was taken to southwestern Germany by 17th-century
Waldensian refugees from their Alpine valleys above Italian
Piedmont.English: variant spelling of Aster.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Astor Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Astor families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Astor families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Astor last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Astor Family Origin
Astor Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Astor
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Astor Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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