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Webster Dictionary

  1. Hornblowernoun

    one who, or that which, blows a horn

  2. Etymology: [AS. hornblwere.]

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  1. Hornblower

    Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television drama programmes based on C. S. Forester's novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Naval officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. The series ran from 1998 to 2003 and starred Ioan Gruffudd in the title role. It was produced by the British broadcaster Meridian Television, and was shown on ITV in the UK and A&E in the U.S.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HORNBLOWER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hornblower is ranked #144141 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hornblower surname appeared 115 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hornblower.

    94.7% or 109 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Hornblower in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Hornblower in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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