Henning Family History
Henning Name Meaning
North German, Dutch, and Danish: from a pet form of Hans
or Heinrich.English: in part the German, Dutch, or Danish
name (see 1), but possibly in some cases a variant of Scottish
Hanning.Norwegian:
habitational name from a farm in Trøndelag. The first element is of
uncertain origin, possibly from hein ‘whetstone’; the second
element is from Old Norse vin ‘meadow’.Swedish:
probably of the same origin as 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Henning Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Henning families
 158 - 314  53 - 157 |
 1 - 52  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Henning families
|
142 - 282 48 - 141 |
1 - 47 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Henning families
|
12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Henning Family Origin
Henning Immigration Information
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Henning Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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