Hero Family History
Hero Name Meaning
Greek: probably an Americanized form of a Greek surname sounding
something like the English word ‘hero’, for example Irodotou
‘son of Herodotus’, or Khiras ‘son of the widow’.
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Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Hero Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hero families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hero families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hero families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hero census records
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Hero Family Origin
Hero Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hero
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Hero Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hero census records
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Hero Civil War Service Records
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