Last Name HORNE

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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.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, Basque, Belgian, Hungarian, Cape verdean

Rank	873 (2000 US census)	777 (1990 US census)

Count	36,288 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

73.44%, or 26650 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
22.96%, or 8332 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 152 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.54%, or 196 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.39%, or 504 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.25%, or 454 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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