Last Name HORNBLOWER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The horn blower, sometimes abbreviated to hornblow, whence the variant Horniblow.
A musician, one that blows a horn.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 147,095 (2000 US census)
Count 103 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97.09%, or 100 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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