Last Name HORN

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Meaning The son of Horn. Beyond a doubt a first name. One Alwin Horne held lands in Middlesex and Herts before the making of Domesday. Horn is a first name of great antiquity, and is born by the hero of a celebrated old English and French romance. Also, local, 'of Horne,' a parish in county Kent. Also, local, 'at the Horn,' a sign name. At the same time Horn may represent a peice of ground shaped like a horn, and therefore so styled.
The family bear a buglehorn in their arms; and for a crest, a buglehorn azure, whence probably the name.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Dutch, Danish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Native American, Irish, Slovakian, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank 593 (2000 US census) 581 (1990 US census)
Count 51,380 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 86.75%, or 44572 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 8.31%, or 4270 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.84%, or 432 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.16%, or 596 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.46%, or 750 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.48%, or 760 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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