Cephas Family History
Cephas Name Meaning
Classicized spelling of German Zehfuss, Siefus,
Ziehfuss, literally ‘toe foot’, which is a folk-etymological
development of the early medieval personal name Sigifuns, from
Old High German sigu ‘victory’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Cephas Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cephas families
 18 - 34  7 - 17 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cephas census records
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Cephas Family Origin
Cephas Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cephas
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cephas Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cephas census records
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Cephas Civil War Service Records
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