Fife Family History
Fife Name Meaning
Scottish: regional name from the former kingdom of Fife in East
Scotland, a name of obscure etymology. Tradition has it that the name
is derived from an eponymous Fib, one of the seven sons of
Cruithne, legendary founding father of the Picts.
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Name Distribution of Fife Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fife families
 54 - 106  19 - 53 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Fife families
|
58 - 113 20 - 57 |
1 - 19 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fife families
|
30 - 58 11 - 29 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Fife census records
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Fife Family Origin
Fife Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Fife
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Fife Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Fife census records
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Fife Civil War Service Records
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