Eichhorn Family History
Eichhorn Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived on or near an
oak-covered promontory, from Middle High German eich(e) ‘oak’ +
horn ‘horn’, ‘promontory’.German: from Middle High German
eichhorn ‘squirrel’ (from Old High German eihhurno, a
compound of eih ‘oak’ + urno, from the ancient Germanic
and Indo-European name of the animal, which was later wrongly
associated with hurno ‘horn’); probably a nickname for someone
thought to resemble the animal, or alternatively a
habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by
the sign of a squirrel.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental adoption
of 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Eichhorn Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Eichhorn families
 34 - 65  12 - 33 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Eichhorn families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Eichhorn Family Origin
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Eichhorn Family Occupations
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