Howe Family History
Howe Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a small hill
or a man-made mound or barrow, Middle English how (Old Norse
haugr), or a habitational name from a place named with this
word, such as Howe in Norfolk and North Yorkshire.English:
variant of Hugh.Jewish (American): Americanized form of
one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.Americanized form of
Norwegian Hove.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Howe
Name Distribution of Howe Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Howe families
 507 - 1,011  170 - 506 |
 1 - 169  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Howe families
|
906 - 1,810 303 - 905 |
1 - 302 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Howe families
|
34 - 66 12 - 33 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Howe census records
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Howe Family Origin
Howe Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Howe
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Howe Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Howe census records
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Howe Civil War Service Records
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