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Origin and popularity of the name HOME

Origin

Home : 1: English and Scottish: variant of Hume.2: English: variant of Holm.3: English: habitational name from Home in Clifton on Teme or in Feckenham (Worcestershire) or from a minor place similarly named a variant of Hamm (from Middle English ham(me) with rounding of the vowel before the nasal consonant to give hom(me)).4: English: habitational name from Holme in Newton Saint Cyres (Devon). The etymology of this placename is uncertain.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
FANBI : The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, ©2021, University of the West of England

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Last name frequency

Geographic distribution of the 35,108 individuals with the name HOME on Geneanet.

 

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    gjh041973
    (492 individuals)
    donmac
    (372 individuals)
    eddiedudley33
    (276 individuals)
    chogue
    (245 individuals)

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    Variants of name HOME

    OHMER OMER OMERE HOMER HOLMER HOMET HAUME HEAUME AUME