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Hoen Surname Meaning

Dutch and German: metonymic occupational name for a chicken farmer or poultry merchant from hoen ‘hen, chicken, grouse’ or a habitational name from a so named house with the image of such a bird depicted on a sign or an ornamental stone.

Dutch and German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Huno (from hūn ‘bear cub’).

German: variant of Höhn (see Hoehn).

Norwegian: habitational name from either of two farmsteads named Hon, from Old Norse hundr ‘dog’, or from Hóvin, a compound of hór ‘high’ + vin ‘meadow’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Hoen families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Hoen family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most Hoen families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 13 Hoen families living in Yorkshire. This was about 22% of all the recorded Hoen's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Hoen families in 1891.

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What is the average Hoen lifespan?

Between 1959 and 2004, in the United States, Hoen life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1964, and highest in 1986. The average life expectancy for Hoen in 1959 was 82, and 77 in 2004.

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