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Hornby Family History

Hornby Name Meaning
English (chiefly Lancashire): habitational name from any of various places in northern England so called. Those in Lancashire and near Bedale in North Yorkshire are from the Old Norse personal name Horni ‘horn’ + Old Norse býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’. One in the parish of Great Smeaton, North Yorkshire, is recorded in Domesday Book as Horenbodebi and probably has as its first element an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements horn ‘horn’ + boði ‘messenger’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

219,678 Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hornby
47,637 Census and Voter Lists
5,921 Immigration Records
68,085 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
94,465 Member Family Trees
3,570 Military Records

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Name Distribution of Hornby Families

  • Number of Hornby families
     12 - 21
     5 - 11
     1 - 4
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Hornby families
     871 - 1,739
     291 - 870
     1 - 290
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Number of Hornby families
     5 - 7
     2 - 4
     1
     
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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Hornby Family Origin

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Hornby Immigration Information

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Hornby Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

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