Honor Family History
Honor Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Honor End Farm in Hampden,
Buckinghamshire, which is named from Old English han ‘hone’,
‘stone’ + ora ‘slope’, or possibly from Honer in Sussex,
named from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + ora
‘shore’.In some cases probably an Americanized form of French
Honoré (see Honore). UK 62, Berks 9.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Honor
Name Distribution of Honor Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Honor families
 19 - 35  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Honor census records
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Honor Family Origin
Honor Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Honor Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Honor census records
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Military Service by Honor
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