Honor Family History
Honor Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Honor End Farm in Hampden,
Buckinghamshire, which is named from Old English han ‘hone’,
‘stone’ + ora ‘slope’, or possibly from Honer in Sussex,
named from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + ora
‘shore’.In some cases probably an Americanized form of French
Honoré (see Honore). UK 62, Berks 9.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Honor Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Honor families
 10 - 17  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Honor families
|
19 - 35 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Honor last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Honor Family Origin
Honor Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Honor
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Honor Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Honor census records
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