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alf Name Meaning and History

  1. North German: from a reduced form of Adolf.
  2. Scandinavian: from the personal name Alf, a short form of any of several personal names formed with alf ‘elf’ as the first element.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The alf name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the alf family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of alf Families in the US in 1920
Number of alf families
 10-17
 4-9		 1-3
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Calling othe Alf's Peggy Kindschi 9
Alf Family in Cincinnati, OH Robert Reinke 2
Alfred Emmanuel ALF... Maggie Rust 1
Alf, Anna Germany2001 2
Calling other Alf's Peggy Kindschi 2
Andrew Johan ALF from Sweden/MO/WA scottandleslie 1
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