Schiff Family History
Schiff Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German schif ‘ship’, applied as
a metonymic occupational name for a sailor, or a habitational name for
someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a ship.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name or habitational name
(see 1 above), from German Schiff ‘ship’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Schiff
Name Distribution of Schiff Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Schiff families
 127 - 252  43 - 126 |
 1 - 42  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Schiff families
|
23 - 44 8 - 22 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Schiff last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Schiff census records
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Schiff Family Origin
Schiff Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Schiff
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Schiff Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Schiff census records
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Schiff Civil War Service Records
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