as a Last Name
- 7,136
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Horning
Meaning & Origins
German: 1. nickname from Hornung ‘February’, with reference to a tax obligation or some other association with that month, for example being born in February. 2. from a personal name, Hornunc. 3. North German: nickname for a person born out of wedlock, Middle Low German hornink, with reference to parentage by a cuckold, traditionally symbolized by horns. 4. topographic name referring to the location or shape of a farming property (see Horn).
| 4,952nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,136
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Horning per capita
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