Oliphant Family History
Oliphant Name Meaning
English, Scottish, French, and German: from Middle English, Old
French, Middle High German olifant ‘elephant’ (medieval Latin
olifantus, from classical Latin elephantus, Greek
elephas, genitive elephantos). The circumstances in
which this word was applied as a surname are not clear. It may have
been a nickname for a large, lumbering individual, or a metonymic
occupational name for a worker in ivory, or a habitational name from a
house distinguished by the sign of an elephant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Oliphant Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oliphant families
 39 - 76  14 - 38 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Oliphant families
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68 - 133 23 - 67 |
1 - 22 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Oliphant families
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95 - 187 32 - 94 |
1 - 31 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Oliphant Family Origin
Oliphant Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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Oliphant Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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