Holcomb Family History
Holcomb Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example
in Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire,
and Somerset, so named from Old English hol ‘hollow’, ‘sunken’,
‘deep’ + cumb ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Holcomb Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Holcomb families
 136 - 269  46 - 135 |
 1 - 45  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Holcomb families
|
11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Holcomb last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Holcomb census records
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Holcomb Family Origin
Holcomb Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Holcomb
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Holcomb Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Holcomb census records
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