Homer Family History
Homer Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): occupational name for a maker of
helmets, from the adopted Old French term he(a)umier, from
he(a)ume ‘helmet’, of Germanic origin. Compare Helm
2.English: variant of Holmer.Americanized form
of the Greek family name Homiros or one of its patronymic
derivatives (Homirou, Homiridis, etc.). This was not
only the name of the ancient Greek epic poet (classical Greek
Homeros), but was also borne by a martyr venerated in the
Greek Orthodox Church.Slovenian: topographic name for
someone who lived on a hill, from hom (dialect form of
holm ‘hill’, ‘height’) + the German suffix -er denoting
an inhabitant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Homer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Homer families
 195 - 388  66 - 194 |
 1 - 65  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Homer families
|
448 - 893 150 - 447 |
1 - 149 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Homer families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Homer Family Origin
Homer Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Homer
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Homer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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