Gore Family History
Gore Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places, for
example in Kent and Wiltshire, named Gore, from Old English
gara ‘triangular piece of land’ (a derivative of
gar ‘spear’, with reference to the triangular shape of a
spearhead).French: nickname for a gluttonous and idle
individual, from Old French gore ‘sow’ (of allegedly imitative
origin, reflecting the grunting of the animal).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gore
Name Distribution of Gore Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gore families
 92 - 182  31 - 91 |
 1 - 30  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gore families
|
572 - 1,141 191 - 571 |
1 - 190 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gore families
|
22 - 42 8 - 21 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gore Family Origin
Gore Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gore
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Gore Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gore census records
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