Horst Family History
Horst Name Meaning
topographic name from Middle Low German
hurst, Middle Dutch horst ‘undergrowth’, ‘brushwood’,
‘wild place’. More specifically, the term was also used to denote a
crow’s or similar large bird’s nest, a raised area in surrounding
marshland, or an area of uncleared woodland, all of which meanings
could have contributed to the surname.habitational
name from any of numerous places named with this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Horst
Name Distribution of Horst Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Horst families
 112 - 222  38 - 111 |
 1 - 37  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Horst families
|
45 - 87 16 - 44 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Horst families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Horst census records
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Horst Family Origin
Horst Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Horst
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Horst Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Horst census records
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Horst Civil War Service Records
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