Hoover Family History
Hoover Name Meaning
Dutch: from Middle Dutch huve, a measure of land area
(compare German Huber) + -er, suffix of agent nouns; a
status name for a landowner or a prosperous small farmer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hoover
Name Distribution of Hoover Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hoover families
 886 - 1,770  296 - 885 |
 1 - 295  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hoover families
|
9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Hoover last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hoover census records
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Hoover Family Origin
Hoover Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hoover
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Hoover Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hoover census records
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Hoover Civil War Service Records
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