Family name Hornbostel (Hornbostel 
) , worldwide, is quite a rare cognomen. The last name Hornbostel is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Germany, where it is a rare surname, Belgium, and Austria. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Germany, the United States, and Belgium.
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| Hornbostel | Germany, Belgium, Austria, United States, Canada |
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hermann christian hornbostel DE (b. 1695) |
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august hornbostel Austrian physician writer (1786-1838), AT (b. 1786) |
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| david herrmann hornbostel (b. 1736) |
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| christian gottlieb hornbostel (b. 1741) |
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| christian hornbostel (b. 1742) |
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theodor von hornbostel Austrian minister of trade of the Austrian empire, minister of public works of the Austrian empire, member of Empire parliament (Austria empire), banker and entrepreneur (1815-1888), AT (b. 1815) |
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| christian georg hornbostel Austrian entrepreneur, AT (b. 1778) |
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| georg hornbostel DE (b. 1785) |
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| friedrich leopold hornbostel DE (b. 1785) |
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| carl georg hornbostel (b. 1787) |
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| friedrich georg heinrich hornbostel (b. 1793) |
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| christian ludwig ludolph carl hornbostel DE (b. 1796) |
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nicolas hornbostel French lawyer and nationalist activist, FR (b. 1864) |
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| helene hornbostel Austrian feminist (1815-1888), AT (b. 1815) |
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henry hornbostel American architect, US (b. 1867) |
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