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sheriff Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish: variant of Shreve.

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

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

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Distribution of sheriff Families in the US in 1920
Number of sheriff families
 43-84
 15-42		 1-14
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Children of Thomas and Jugalima "Juggy" Sheriff Kathy Thompson 7
trying to find carol patrica sheriff sazaturner 0
Sheriff>SC>NC>TN>USA >Ireland>UK Matildadunn 1
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Joe or Joseph Sheriff aldobby 0
Robert Dean Sheriff helen ashby 2
Dawn Ann Sheriff kalotac 0
Samuel Sheriff of pa nrichert1 0
grandson of Harry Sheriff of Ca. patin65 2
William Randall Sheriff patinman91 1
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