Hummel Family History
Hummel Name Meaning
German and Dutch: from a pet form of Humbert or
Humbold (a compound name with the same first element +
bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’).German, Dutch, and Danish (of German
origin): nickname for a busy or bustling person, from Middle High
German hummel, Middle Dutch hommel ‘bee’, of imitative
origin. Compare English humblebee, which in modern English has
become bumblebee.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Hummel Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hummel families
 289 - 575  97 - 288 |
 1 - 96  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hummel families
|
12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Hummel last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Hummel Family Origin
Hummel Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Hummel
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Hummel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Hummel Civil War Service Records
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