Hosley Family History
Hosley Name Meaning
Americanized spelling of Swiss German Hösli or
Hösly, or Swabian Hösle, metonymic occupational
name for a maker of hose or leggings (see Hose 3), from a
diminutive of Middle High German hose.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Hosley Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hosley families
 19 - 35  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hosley families
|
19 - 36 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Hosley last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hosley census records
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Hosley Family Origin
Hosley Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Hosley
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Hosley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hosley census records
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Hosley Civil War Service Records
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